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PERFUME - PATRICK SÜSKIND TASCHENBUCH

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.

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