Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Paperback Published on: 01/04/2010; Language: English, German (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £9.99
Synopsis
An erotic masterpiece of twentieth century fiction - a tale of sensual obsession and bloodlust in eighteenth century Paris.
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...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780141041155
- Number of pages: 272
- Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 15 mm
- Weight: 195g
- Languages: English, German (Original language of a translated text)
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Weird & Wonderful
Although a little slow to start with, this is a brilliant story and gets more and more weird and twisted as it progresses. The descriptions of scenery and ... READ MORE
A must buy!
Thrilling and gothic, this book is defiantly up there with Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’.
It's got lovely descriptive language and really amus... READ MORE
Dark and different read
This deliciously dark novella is original and shocking in a way that is redolent of 'The Wasp Factory.' The anti hero Grenouille is inhuman in a way that q... READ MORE
WOW!!
when I first started this book, I didn’t expect much. My friend recommended it to me and I thought it’d be like any other book. But WOW the plot? the descr... READ MORE
A Disturbing & Gripping Gothic Thriller
Patrick transports us into 17th century Paris to witness the birth of the protagonist- Jean Baptiste Grenouille. From that moment on, we witness the life o... READ MORE
Phenomenal
An enthralling story. Brilliantly clever and descriptive. Such a satisfying read.
Hard to describe, but loved it!
Perfume was such a unique book in that we follow a murderer with no sense of guilt or morality while he creates amazing perfumes with near supernatural ski... READ MORE