Perfume : the story of a murderer /
Patrick Süskind ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.
- reissued.
- London : Penguin Books, 2010.
- 263 p ; 20 cm.
Translation of: Das Parfum.
In 1738, an orphaned child is given to the monks as a charity case. Although he has no smell at all himself, he possesses an absolute sense of smell. He can smell the very composition of objects, and their history.