Born in sweaty, fetid 18th-century Paris, Grenouille is distinctive even in infancy. He has a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's and no personal odour. Suskind develops this idea into a tale of murder controlled by a loathing of humanity."
Ingo Schulze's new novel explores the transformation of East Germany in January 1990 through Enrico Türmer, a former theater man turned startup journalist. Obsessed with personal gain, Enrico's letters reveal his ambitions and the complexities of life in both old and emerging Germany, embodying the era's moral ambiguities.