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Perfume by Patrick Süskind
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Annorlunda bok. Är ambivalent om jag verkligen gillade den eller inte, men den får ändå en 4:a. ( )
Annispannis | Jul 8, 2009 |  
Wonderful book. Wish I read the book before I saw the movie. ( )
StellaAura | May 28, 2009 |  
Strange wonderful book. In its way it speaks of the soul of the driven artist. Nothing else matters but the gift and nothing stands in its way. Loved it. ( )
RayL | May 22, 2009 |  
Frightening story but still a great read ( )
missyangel | Apr 30, 2009 |  
An expertly crafted novel which inspires sympathy for its psychopathic protagonist. ( )
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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.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375725849, Paperback)

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 frest-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 brillance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.

Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

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