Used book – *Perfume*, Patrick Süskind, Bernard Lortholary

In 18th-century France, there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable figures of his era. His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. His birth and childhood were appalling, and no one else would have survived them. But Grenouille needed only a minimum of food and clothing, and his soul needed nothing at all.

Now this monster Grenouille, for he was indeed a kind of monster, had a gift, or rather a nose unique in the world, and he fully intended to become, even by the most atrocious means, the almighty God of the universe, for "whoever mastered scents, mastered the hearts of men."

It is his story, abominable… and droll, that is told to us in Perfume, a novel that very quickly became a worldwide bestseller, and is now being adapted for the screen.