When Pratap leaves the stability of family life in Toronto for the unknown of a middle Eastern city, his official purpose is a research project. His true motive is to find Jasmine, the lost love of his youth. In the city, he discovers the manuscript of a secret novel called a Spring without fragrance that tells the story of the Arab Spring and its failure. But the book is a dangerous one, and anyone who reads it disappears. A literary thriller, a tribute to the power of books in the face of state repression, and a story of indelible love - This follow up to benyamin's award-winning Jasmine days is a moving and urgent novel of our times.
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