Perfume
Subtitle: the story of a murderer
By: Patrick Süskind ; translated from the German by John E. Woods
Contributors: Woods, John E. (John Edwin)
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed.
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780375725845
Subjects: Perfumes industry; Murder; Fiction
Work titles: Parfum
Description: Follows an odorless baby found orphaned in Paris in 1738 as he grows into a monster obsessed with his perfect sense of smell and a desire to capture, by any means, the ultimate scent that will make him human.
Notes: "Originally published in German as Das Parfum."