Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
$19.54
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2016
Summary
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in a Parisian slum and abandoned on the streets, discovers he has an extraordinary - near superhuman - sense of smell. As he sniffs his way across France, this gift is exploited by Grenouille to make the world’s most marvellous perfumes.
Patrick Süskind’s Perfume is a classic novel of death and sensuality in Paris.
“In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241973615 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241973619 |
| Author: | Patrick Suskind |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 112mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
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About The Author
Patrick Suskind
Patrick Süskind was born near Munich in 1949 and studied medieval and modern history at the University of Munich. His first play, The Double Bass, was written in 1980 and became an international success. His first novel, Perfume, was also an internationally acclaimed bestseller and continues to be considered a classic. He is also the author of The Pigeon and Mr. Summer’s Story, and a coauthor of the enormously successful German television series Kir Royal. Patrick Süskind lives and writes in Munich.
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