Perfume : the story of a murderer / Patrick Suskind ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1987, ©1986Description: 263 pages ; 20 cmISBN: 0140120831; 9780140120837Other title: Story of a murdererUniform titles: Parfum. English Subject(s): Perfumes -- Fiction | Murderers -- France -- Fiction | Odors -- Fiction | France -- Fiction | German fiction -- Translations into EnglishDDC classification: 833/.914 LOC classification: PT2681.U74 | P313 1987bSummary: Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill. ""--Publisher description from http://www.penguin.co.uk (Sep. 30, 2011).
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Translation of: Parfum.
Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill. ""--Publisher description from http://www.penguin.co.uk (Sep. 30, 2011).
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