As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. Suskind’s international bestseller a try…Īn acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man’s indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder. I read the blurb, and though I was a little scared (“realistic” literary fiction can do that to me!), I was also very excited to give Mr. Ana picked Perfume: The Story of a Murderer for me, a literary fiction novel about a man born with a superhuman sense of smell. Why did I read this book: Ana and I decided that we had gone too long without a Dare, so we cracked down. Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel. Publication Date: 1985 (Germany) / February 2001 (US) Publisher: Diogenes-Verlag (Germany) / Alfred A. Author: Patrick Suskind, Translated by John E.
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