Perfume by Patrick Suskind

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 .

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The 505th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 53rd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
  2. - The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
  3. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
BY Patrick Suskind Perfume The Story of a Murderer (Penguin Essentials) Paperback - 1 April 2010 Paperback 24296518 $22.91 2010
Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer; Originally published in German as Das Parfum Paperback 1534186 $14.99
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Paperback 1012967 $14.99
Perfume: The Story of Murder Hardcover 44677 $14.15 $0.01 1986
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Paperback 1375962 $12.00 $0.01 1989
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Suskind, Patrick Re-issue Edition (2010) Paperback 345943 $14.46 $11.14
El perfume: Historia de un asesino (Spanish Edition) Paperback 84542 $6.51 $5.48
Perfume: the Story of a Murder Paperback 4160950 $46.00 2003
Perfume Paperback 1766481 $0.90 $0.01 2006
[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer] (By: Patrick Süskind) [published: April, 2010] Paperback 5225224 $18.94 $18.05 2010
El Perfume (Campana De Verano 05) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 13158496 $59.99 $6.68 2006
Perfume Paperback 1527058 $0.01
El Perfume Paperback 7939944 $15.99 1985
El perfume Paperback 4995384 $19.35 $15.77 2010
El perfume (Spanish Edition) Paperback 1258470 $14.95 $1.99 2013
O Perfume (Portuguese Edition) Paperback 837127 $34.01 $25.00 1999
El perfume (Spanish Edition) Paperback 731227 $11.95 2022
El Perfume/ the Perfum: Historia De Un Asesiono (Spanish Edition) Hardcover 1232433 $55.00 $26.69 2006
Perfume (Penguin Modern Classics) Paperback 2069877 $9.01 2020
El perfume: Historia de un asesino (Spanish Edition) Paperback 3733345 $24.98 $0.01 2004
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Paperback 12542 $10.99 $2.90 2001
Perfume: The Story of Murder Paperback 1233046 $4.99 $0.01 1991
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (French Edition) Paperback 1660675 $7.50 $3.24 2010
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International) Kindle Edition 40071 $9.99 2014
By Patrick Suskind - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1/14/01) Paperback 1178907 $17.03 $4.99 2001