Perfume. The Story of a Murderer

Translated from the German by John E. Woods. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Endpapers show a map of 18th C. Paris. Leaves slightly tanned as usual. Spine a little rubbed. Dust jacket worn and chipped around the edges. Spine faded. Some of the lamination has peeled off. *** First printing of one of the best-selling German novels of the 20th century. Suskind beautifully conveys the sense of smell and gives convincing and lively portrait 18th C. France.