{"product_id":"2026100009107-secondhand-perfume-the-story-of-a-murderer","title":"Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First UK Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Small marking on reverse fep (top left corner); otherwise, internally sound. Binding remains tight. Unclipped dj. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fetid, sensory-overloaded streets of eighteenth-century France, a boy is born with no scent of his own but an supernatural gift for smell — and from this arresting premise, Patrick Süskind crafts one of the most hypnotic and deeply unsettling novels of the twentieth century. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer chronicles the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an orphaned, socially invisible figure who becomes a master perfumer driven by an all-consuming obsession: to capture the perfect human scent, no matter the cost in human lives.\n\nSüskind writes with a darkly ironic precision, drawing on the traditions of the Gothic novel and the Bildungsroman while subverting both to create something entirely singular. The novel presents a profound meditation on beauty, obsession, identity, and the terrifying amorality of genius, all rendered in lush, almost suffocatingly vivid prose — translated here into English by John E. Woods with remarkable fidelity. A modern classic that has captivated millions of readers worldwide since its original German publication in 1985, it leaves one question lingering long after the final page: what does it truly mean to be human when one is driven purely by instinct?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276133998811,"sku":"2026100009107-SECONDHAND","price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/000adc08-6161-4ece-948f-9cbb98895314.png?v=1789092721","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009107-secondhand-perfume-the-story-of-a-murderer","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}