re doorstoppers

[Dave Monroe]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I got about 1/2 way A Suitable Boy  - it still sits on my shelf - patiently
> waiting - life got in the way  -  it's  a very good book.

Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy

Published 1993. 1488 pages softcover. 591,552 words. The longest
conventional novel in English since Clarissa, and officially the
longest novel in the English language published in a single volume.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels#Vikram_Seth.2C_A_Suitable_Boy