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Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
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Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
Series: Penguin Essentials
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Patrick Suskind's Perfume is a classic novel of death and
sensuality in Paris, published as a Penguin Essential for the first
time. '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' Observer
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Imprint: |
Penguin Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Essentials |
Release date: |
July 2015 |
Authors: |
Patrick Suskind
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Dimensions: |
181 x 111 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
263 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-97361-5 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
German
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-241-97361-9 |
Barcode: |
9780241973615 |
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