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Perfume : The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100375725849

ISBN-139780375725845

eBay Product ID (ePID)1697194

Product Key Features

Book TitlePerfume : the Story of a Murderer

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicClassics, Horror, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Historical

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorPatrick Suskind

Book SeriesVintage International Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-266299

Reviews"A fable of crimial genius.... Remarkable." - The New York Times "Mesmerizing from first page to last.... A highly sophisticated horror tale." - The Plain Dealer "A supremely accomplished work of art, marvelously crafted and enjoyable and rich in historical detail." - The San Francisco Chronicle "An original and astonishing novel." - People "An ingenious story...about a most exotic monster.... Suspense build up steadily." - Los Angeles Times "Immensely seductive.... Storytelling at its best." - The Kansas City Star, "A fable of crimial genius.... Remarkable." -The New York Times "Mesmerizing from first page to last.... A highly sophisticated horror tale." -The Plain Dealer "A supremely accomplished work of art, marvelously crafted and enjoyable and rich in historical detail." -The San Francisco Chronicle "An original and astonishing novel." -People "An ingenious story...about a most exotic monster.... Suspense build up steadily." -Los Angeles Times "Immensely seductive.... Storytelling at its best." -The Kansas City Star

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal833.914

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Set in eighteenth-century France, the classic novel that provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion--his sense of smell--leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift--an absolute sense of smell. 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. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"--the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods., An 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. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift--an absolute sense of smell. 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. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"--the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

LC Classification NumberPT2681.U74P313 2001