Masala Novels author Sidney Sheldon passed away recently. Truly a masala novel writer in all sense. It is little difficult to believe that he was the same guy who came up with "I dream of Jeannie".
Some of my favs are Sands of Time, Doomsday Conspiracy and If Tomorrow comes.
Most of his novels portray the stronger side of women. Women get cheated; they struggle hard and rise to the top; exact revenge. Memories of midnight, Other side of midnight, Rage of Angels etc etc.
He himself has said that most of his novels resemble the way a movie screen play is written and the reason being that he started writing screenplays from the age of 17.
Mani and I were discussing about him in the morning. He surely is a publisher's delight as his novels have grossed millions. Everyone starts reading novels with Sheldon and adds that as a hobby in their resume. But very rarely people move beyond him. I and Mani belong to that genre :P
May his soul rest in peace.
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