Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa Arthur is one lucky sonofagun:

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only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality

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Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa Arthur is one lucky sonofagun:Now Filmed as 1947, a motion picture by Deepa Mehta. Few novels have caught the turmoil of the Indian subcontinent during Partition with such immediacy, such wit and tragic power. Bapsi Sidhwas lce Candy Man is an intimate glimpse into events as they tear apart the world of Lenny, a young Parsee girl growing up in the pungent, busybodying city of Lahore.