num_pages: 310
description: Once upon a time, in eighteenth-century France, there lived a human monster unlike anything mankind has ever known. Enter the world of an evil genius, a murderer so depraved that only the most hideous of crimes could satisfy his lust...a killer who lives to possess the essence of young virgins...a vampire of scent, whose bloody, insane quest takes him beyond the boundaries of love...and death.
language: English
title: Perfume: The Story of Murder
titlecomplete: Perfume: The Story of Murder
characters: Madame Arnulfi, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, Marquis de Taillade-Espinasse, Dominique Druot, The Plum Girl, Laure Richis, Madame Gaillard, Giuseppe Baldini, Jeanne Bussie, Antoine Richis, Chénier, Father Terrier, Grimal
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, Crime, Historical, German Literature, Historical Fiction, Horror, Novels
ratings_count: 444438
places: Grasse, France, Auvergne Region, Paris, Montpellier, French Riviera
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: John E. Woods
publisher: Washington Square Press