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  • Perfume

  • Penguin Modern Classics
  • By: Patrick Süskind
  • Narrated by: Sean Barrett
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,156 ratings)

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Perfume

By: Patrick Süskind
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Summary

A downloadable audiobook edition of the modern classic Perfume read by Sean Barrett.

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: This is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: A sense of smell more powerful than any other human's.

Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: The scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill...

©2014 Patrick Suskind (P)2014 Penguin Audio
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Captivating

loved it. I was sucked in straight away.
Thanx Audible this was a real treat.

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A great audiobook

A beautiful little book to be sure but the narration is nothing short of sfunning.

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Stunning

This is the best audiobook I have read. The language and story whisk you away to the places described. The narration is perfect.

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Something unique and interesting

Loved it, somthing different and wonderful in every way. I read it as part of a book club and it was one of my favourite choices thus far.

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An amazing audiobook

The story, setting, character/world building is perfect. The book is dark, tense, horrid, compelling, and unique.

It's perfect for me as an audiobook rather than paperback, because my attention span tends to clash with reading paragraphs and paragraphs of description; the narrator makes it a lot easier to digest

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Brilliantly Grim

What a story! This is one I've been recommended for years and finally got listening.
Such a visceral story.
As the title... Brilliant and grim

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The language

Beautiful use of language and vocabulary and amazing storytelling.. IT was a fascinating story,too. I loved it.

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WoW! what a book Im dumbfound.

What did you like most about Perfume?

This is going to be hard There are no words to describe how much I love this book. I'm not just being colorful I really don't know how to communicate what this book did for me it's nothing short of soul changing I'm not the same person I was when I started reading this is a true classic the effect this book has had on me is profound. The narration was perfect and I can't recommend this book highly enough

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Just buy it!

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Fabulous. Original and dark.

Had no idea what to expect but found this absolutely compelling listening. Narration by Sean Barrett was gritty, paced and perfect for the edginess of this book. Highly recommend.

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Macabre and brilliant

I read this book many years ago. It is all consuming and bizarre. Brilliantly narrated the story of a poor abandoned special child in Paris and his weird triumphs and final demise in his pursuit of his own perfume and existence. The audiobook enhanced the original work.

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