FL 'In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.'

Another gift from booktwitcher to help me with my wish list.

Paperback
Published by Penguin Books
263 pages

What a strange book. The concept of a book on scent and odour is very original and cleverly done but there was something missing. The story follows orphan Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a child born with no scent of his own but with an amazing sense of smell. He is a loner and people do not take to him. In the end he is sold to a tanner, where he discovers more about the world of scent as he is given more freedom. Eventually, he manages to get a place working for a perfumer where he can learn how to extract scent and store it.

I would reccommend it to read, but I couldn't help feeling a little disppointed with it.

I have had a huge response for this bookray so I hope you enjoy reading it. The rules are like most other rays:

1) Journal the book when it arrives, when you have read it and when you send it on to the next person.
2) Please try and read it within 4 weeks.

Here is the list;

- wyldetwo, W. Midlands - UK only
- beekeeper40, Norfolk - UK + Europe
- cross-patch, Leicester - UK + Europe
- ecmwfinswe, Sweden - INT
- minerva101, Canada - US + Canada
- bug2004, Nebraska, USA - US only
- shpriz1, New York, USA - US only
- cinnycat, New York, USA - US only
- humberts-doll, Missouri, USA - US only
- raynequeen, Texas, USA - INT
- sistert, Maryland, USA - INT
- jax987654321, London - INT
- synical, Malaysia - INT
- criminologeek, Malaysia - INT
- bechan, New Zealand - INT
- colllapse, Australia (Europe from May onwards) - INT
- snufkin81, South Africa

Long live this frankly HUGE bookray, lets get it started!

On its way to person number one, wyldetwo in the West Midlands!

This arrived today. Thanks Charlotte!

Hmm, what a creepy book! I found it quite interesting to read soon after seeing the film.

Thanks for sharing chaso4, I will PM the next participant for an address now.

Sent off to beekeeper40 on the Norfolk Broads today

Arrived safely today. Thank you wyldetwo for the lovely card!

I have one word for this book - WEIRD!

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to cross-patch.

Here! Thank you. Now to see what it's all about.

Interesting, very interesting! A book driven by its senses, well plotted, but not often pleasant.
I will send it on when I have RDWirral's address.

21 April RDWirral asked to be skipped, and today I got it in the post to ecmwfinswe. Enjoy.

Here it is now, in Sweden. Thanks, Cross-patch!

An interesting and strange story.