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Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer By Patrick Suskind (Paperback, 2010)
Patrick Suskind'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 no lack of gifted and abominable personages His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille and if his name has been forgotten today it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance misanthropy immorality or more succinctly wickedness but because his gifts and his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history to the fleeting realm of scent ''An astonishing tour de force both in concept and execution' Guardian'A fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity Clever
stylish absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review'A meditation on the nature of death desire and decay a remarkable debut' Peter Ackroyd The New York Times Book Review'Unlike anything else one has read A phenomenon Everyone seems to want to get a whiff of this strange perfume which will remain unique in contemporary literature' Figaro'An ingenious and totally absorbing fantasy' Daily Telegraph'Witty stylish and ferociously absorbing' ObserverPatrick Suskind was born near Munich in 1949 He 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 became an internationally acclaimed bestseller 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 Suskind lives and writes in Munich
stylish absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review'A meditation on the nature of death desire and decay a remarkable debut' Peter Ackroyd The New York Times Book Review'Unlike anything else one has read A phenomenon Everyone seems to want to get a whiff of this strange perfume which will remain unique in contemporary literature' Figaro'An ingenious and totally absorbing fantasy' Daily Telegraph'Witty stylish and ferociously absorbing' ObserverPatrick Suskind was born near Munich in 1949 He 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 became an internationally acclaimed bestseller 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 Suskind lives and writes in Munich
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