It’s “Perfume.” A cult novel that needs no introduction.
First published in Switzerland in 1985, it instantly won wild popularity and continues to hold a solid place in the world bestseller top ten to this day. It’s a novel about the story of a serial killer who searches for the formula of the perfect scent — for his searches he will do anything, including committing serial murders!
Today the author, Patrick Süskind, is a real star of intellectual fashion, one of the leaders of the arts establishment of both the Old and New World. In recent times, no other writer publishing in German has experienced such a rapid rise.