Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon is Patrick Suskind's tense, disturbing follow-up to the bestselling Perfume. The novella tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel, who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover. When Jonathan opens his front door on a day he believes will be just like any other, he encounters not the desired empty hallway but an unwelcome, diabolical intruder . . .
- ISBN10 067166770X
- ISBN13 9780671667702
- Publish Date 1 July 1989 (first published 12 May 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Washington Square Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English