In a marked departure from the genre mysteries that brought him literary fame, Fu Manchu creator Sax Rohmer switches gears and crafts a pastoral idyll in the sophisticated romance novel The Orchard of Tears. Prone to intellectual musings, protagonist Paul Merle spends his days critically analyzing the world around him. Will he ever find room for an affair of the heart?In good condition for its age. Some bumps to corners, a little fraying to the top of the spine. Pages tanned, light foxing. Award sticker to endpaper.