go
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Perfume / Patrick Süskind.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Penguin modern classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Classics, 2020.Description: 304 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780241420294 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Parfum. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • F SUS 23
LOC classification:
  • PT2681.U74
Summary: Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets 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 Paris. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
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 R16848P0499
Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F SUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16816J0499
Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F SUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16811F0499

Translated from the German.

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

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets 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 Paris. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.