Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter, best known for his internationally acclaimed novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985. Süskind was born in Ambach am Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany. His father was writer and journalist Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind, who worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and is famous as the co-author of the well-known Aus dem Wörterbuch des Unmenschen (From the Dictionary of an Inhuman), a critical collection of essays on the lan...
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Synopsis
Born with no scent of his own but blessed — or cursed — with the most acute sense of smell the world has ever known, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille grows up unloved and unnoticed in the reeking slums of eighteenth-century Paris. Apprenticed to a perfumer, he discovers his single obsession: to capture and preserve the most exquisite scent imaginable, the scent of a beautiful young woman.
His pursuit of the perfect perfume leads him from the tanneries of Paris to the flower fields of Grasse — and to murder.
Patrick Süskind's international bestseller is a dark, sensuous, and disturbing historical novel — part fable, part horror story — about genius, obsession, and a man entirely without conscience.
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Jean-Baptiste GrenouilleProtagonist
A scentless man with a supernatural sense of smell who murders to capture the perfect scent.
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Perfume. Film Tie-In. The Story of a MurdererPaperbackPenguin UkISBN: 9780141031002
