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.