Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Suskind

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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 odor he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill.
  • ISBN10 0140120831
  • ISBN13 9780140120837
  • Publish Date 30 May 2002 (first published 12 September 1986)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 11 June 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English