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Perfume
Perfume
Author: Patrick Suskind
An appalling Lebenslauf, which permits the reader to prowl the streets and alleys of eighteenth-century France...Until the last page, the masterly blend of delirious self-disgust and bland irony never falters.
ISBN: 42202
Pages: 255
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Publisher: Alfred A.Knopf, Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 2
Amazing novel. Captures the filth and grime of 17th Century life. The book also gives a surreal, creepy vibe. See the movie too. they made it just like the book.
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Beautiful language for ugly circumstances & situations. Loved the book. The first I've rated a 5 in a long time.
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - human or monster? Both? Just when I found myself feeling sympathetic to this young man who grew up without human kindness, the monster side of him would emerge and I could sense his scorn for people he fooled with his pretense of humanity. This was a beautifully written book about the importance of smell that we all take for granted and how one man with an incredible gift took advantage of people.
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Excellent book. the basis for the Nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice".
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Intriguing concept - however the plot feels rushed about 3/4 way through. Worth a read anyway!
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A weird book and a little disturbing but a GREAT read! Makes one think.....
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This was the great book. It is by a different publisher and is a trade size paperback. There is no ISBN number on the book, but it is not condensed. It contains the full story.

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