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008			150416s20142014gbra 000 1 eng
020			_a9781408833872
050	0	0	_aPR9199.4.S563 _bH45 2013
082	1		_aFIC SIN _2
100	1		_aSingh, Jaspreet _d(1969 -)
245	1	0	_aHelium : _c/ Jaspreet Singh.
260			_aLondon _b: Bloomsbury Publishing : _c, 2014
300			_a289 p. _b: illus. _c; 20 cm
520			_aOn 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.
650			_aStudents _v-Fiction
650		4	_aCollege teachers _v--Fiction
650		4	_aWrongful death - _vFiction
650		4	_aMurder _x-Investigations _v--Fiction
655		4	_aMystery fiction
942			_cMO
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