Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International)

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Set in eighteenth-century France, the classic novel that 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 fresh-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 brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. 
Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

From the Publisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JTCJE52
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 14, 2014
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2.4 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 276 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804152976
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #41,164 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #114 in Classic American Literature #184 in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction #234 in Classic Literature & Fiction
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