num_pages: 77
description: Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon is Patrick Süskind's tense, disturbing follow-up to the bestselling Perfume. The novella tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel, who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover. When Jonathan opens his front door on a day he believes will be just like any other, he encounters not the desired empty hallway but an unwelcome, diabolical intruder . . .
language: English
title: The Pigeon
titlecomplete: The Pigeon
characters: Jonathan Noel
genres: Germany, Short Stories, 20th Century, Novella, Novels, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 18227
places: Paris
publisher: Penguin