Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Yet there is one odor he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin.

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. 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.

Patrick Suskind's First Piece of Non-Fiction in English Translation. In this intriguing blend of provocative images and reflective prose, the author reveals the hidden source of his mesmerizing fiction: an obsession with the darkly erotic link between love and death.

Survivor, genius, perfumer, and killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin.

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris 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 all the city. Yet there is one odor he cannot capture.

From the author of Perfume , The Double Bass and The Pigeon , this collection of stories includes: Amnesia in Litteris , in which the author recounts how few of the books in his library he can remember; and Depth Wish , in which a promising young painter takes her notices too much to heart.

The story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of Jonathan Noel. Set in Paris, it reveals the tensions that can push such a person to the brink of insanity. Patrick Suskind has also written Perfume , The Story of Mr Sommer and a play, The Double Bass .

Jonathan Noel 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.

From the internationally acclaimed author of Perfume comes a very adult story about growing up.