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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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Kirsten
Mar 17, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: transgressive-fiction, macabre
Wow. I have never read a book quite like this one. I'll admit I came to this book based on the fact that it inspired the Nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice." I've read in interviews Kurt Cobain's literary tastes included William S. Burroughs and Bukowski, so reading Suskind's dark fairytale was surprising. I'm a big fan of noir and gothic romance, so this was a pleasant surprise. This novel truly reads like a dark fairytale. The main character was born in a fishmonger's stall- his mother couldn' ...more
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
Mar 09, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-adult-fiction, read-mysteries
This was... different. Unusual.
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Marcia
Jan 28, 2008 rated it liked it
Marta
Feb 21, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 24, 2008 rated it liked it
Jennifer Ozawa
Aug 18, 2008 marked it as to-read
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Ketutar Jensen
Feb 28, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Pamela
Apr 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Raven Wylde-Griffin
Jun 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 07, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Carrie
Jul 19, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Jan 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Jul 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Apr 11, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Marcela Treviño
Mar 10, 2016 rated it liked it
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Aug 18, 2016 marked it as to-read
Roksana
Aug 13, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: all-time-favorites
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Jul 24, 2018 rated it did not like it
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Jun 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
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