We’ll be having a more in-depth chat about how far we've got with our next book, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind (Hayley’s pick), plus chatting about our individual reads. Join us if you’ve only read a few chapters or the whole book.

"In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"—the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, *Perfume* is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity."

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