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010 _a2013-018698
020 _a9781608199563 (hardback)
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082 _a813.6
_bSIN [ Shelf3 ]
100 _aSingh, Jaspreet,
_b1969-
245 _aHelium :
_ba novel /
_cJaspreet Singh.
250 _aFirst U.S. Edition.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bBloomsbury,
_c2013.
263 _a1308
300 _a284p
_c22cm.
520 _a"On November 1st 1984, a day after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a nineteen-year-old student travels back from a class trip with his mentor and chemistry teacher, Professor Singh. As the group disembark at Delhi station a mob surrounds the professor, throws a tire over him, douses him in gasoline and sets him alight.Years later the student, Raj, is compelled to find his professor's widow, the beautiful Nelly. As the two walk through the misty mountains of Shimla, Nelly comes up against a nation in denial, Raj faces the truth about his father's role in the Sikh massacre and they both find the path leads back to the train station. Jaspreet Singh crafts an affecting and important story of a largely untouched moment in Indian memory"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 _aStudents
_v Fiction.
650 _aCollege teachers
_v Fiction.
650 _aWrongful death
_z India
_v Fiction.
650 _aMurder
_x Investigation
_v Fiction.
650 _aFICTION / General.
_2 bisacsh
655 7 _aMystery fiction.
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856 _Cover image
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925 _aacquire
_b2 shelf copies
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963 _aKathy Belden; phone: 646-307-5062; email: kathy.belden@bloomsbury.com; bc: nancy.miller@bloomsbury.com
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