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Perfume : the story of a murderer / Patrick Süskind ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Penguin essentialsPublication details: UK : Penguin Books, 2015.Description: 263 pages ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780241973615 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Parfum. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 833.914 23
LOC classification:
  • PT2681.U74
Summary: Born in sweaty, fetid 18th-century Paris, Grenouille is distinctive even in infancy. He has a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's and no personal odour. Süskind develops this idea into a tale of murder controlled by a loathing of humanity.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F SUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Older Reader R16894F0499

This translation originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986.

Born in sweaty, fetid 18th-century Paris, Grenouille is distinctive even in infancy. He has a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's and no personal odour. Süskind develops this idea into a tale of murder controlled by a loathing of humanity.

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