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Perfume

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Perfume

by Patrick Suskind

Washington Square Press | November 1, 1991 | Trade Paperback

The police are on to the scent of a perfume maker who is on to the scent of the ultimate fragrance. His obsession with finding it tends to leave a trail of dead women that make up the key clues in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Patrick Suskind's novel caught both the ire and adulation of critics and readers when it first came out for its graphic violence and extremely perturbed central character. It's certainly a shocking novel but beyond that it is also a challenge to readers that will surely jerk some reaction be it marvel or dismay.
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    Rating: 4/5

    Splendidly grotesque

    Marie Wizman

    6 months ago

    The Perfume, by Patrick Suskind is a book that was thrown into my lap in high-school, which was not on the curriculum, but that I read anyway and was hooked from the very first page.
    It's starts you off set ages ago in a dingy French town in the middle of a squalid market, where this woman gives birth amid fish guts and garbage and leaves her baby there to die. What you don't see coming is the exact description of every smell and experience that this boy, who having survived can remember, thanks to a "gift" which is his very keen sense of smell. His name is "Jean Baptiste Grenouille" and he is one of the most repulsive, yet intriguing characters that I have ever read about. I have since then seen the movie and reread the book and find that it's definitely not suitable for everyone, also, this time around I realized that I might have preferred a different ending. The essence of this book is it's main character, he's gritty, repulsive, he is "Grenouille". I recommend this book to anyone who has an open mind, if you're only into classical tales or novels, this book isn't for you.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Amazing!... Still my Fav.

    J

    2 years ago

    By far one of my favorite books of all time... Have easily read this 10 times, & once a year for a while. Great story telling & descriptions... Absolutely loved it. Every person I've recommended this to, agrees... there's nothing like it... It's a MUST read!

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    Rating: 5/5

    Ferociously seductive

    Daryna Rukhlyadeva

    2 years ago

    How come everything that's crooked and twisted is so fascinating and catchy? Well, I don't know but it is. Read it, watch it. Yum. Did I really say that?

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    klaudia

    Rating: 5/5

    A Scent of His Own

    klaudia

    13 years ago

    This is a remarkable novel about a man born without a scent, but with a oflactory sense so acute, he is able to identify even the most minute ingredients constituing scents; he can sense curious scents from miles apart. But Grenouille has one small problem: he is deprived of one thing each human being has: his own unique scent. The search for his own scent fills up his life and he finally reaches his goal in a most curious and grusome of ways, but his method you will have to discover yourself by reading The Perfume.

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The police are on to the scent of a perfume maker who is on to the scent of the ultimate fragrance. His obsession with finding it tends to leave a trail of dead women that make up the key clues in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Patrick Suskind's novel caught both the ire and adulation of critics and readers when it first came out for its graphic violence and extremely perturbed central character. It's certainly a shocking novel but beyond that it is also a challenge to readers that will surely jerk some reaction be it marvel or dismay.

About the Author

Patrick Suskind was born in Germany in 1949. Kurt Cobain, singer and songwriter for Nirvana, was a fan of Suskind's work and based a song on Perfume, a novel that had already developed a cult following in Europe and America.

Trade Paperback

320 Pages, 0 x 0 x 0 in

November 1, 1991

Washington Square Press

English


0671749609
9780671749606

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