John E. Woods Books

'Born in sweaty, fetid eighteenth-century Paris, Genouille is distinctive even in infancy. He has "the finest nose in Paris and no personal odour". With wit, a Gothic imagination and considerable originality, Suskind has developed this simple idea into a fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity . . . Clever, stylish, absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review

In the small French town of Rennes-le-Chateau in the 1890s, a parish priest started a rumour which has swelled to a legend that the treasure of the temple of Jerusalem and the Holy Grail were brought to France for safe-keeping. This title attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.