I read it when it first came out in the US and loved it. The
author is German, actually.
Jeff
---- sonny <
sforstater@yahoo.com> wrote:
> has anyone read Perfume by Patrick Susskind? i have
not, but am interested
> in what those who have thought of it.
>
> i know the original book is in French, as the author
is French, but i am
> interested in the english translation.
>
> is it based on fact?
>
>
> --- Fabienne soldini <
fabsoldini@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > I don't heard about a refutation of the storie
of Gilles de Rais. He was
> > execed for the murders he comitted and the
historians said there were a
> > lot of children bodies and torture instruments
in his castle.
> > "Concerto pour l'étrangleur" that I've
transated by "Concerto for a
> > strangler" is Woolrich novel. It's about a man
who kills his victims by
> > strangulation. One chapter for one murder till
the end where the reader
> > discovers who is that myterious
strangler.
> >
> > Fabienne
> >
> >
uri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi> a écrit :
> > Haven't the stories about Gilles de Rais been
refuted by
> > recent historians?
> > I remember reading that it's been said that the
stories were invented
> > because some people wanted him to look bad.
(And he certainly did,
> > didn't
> > he?)
> >
> > Robert Bloch is a noir writer, in my mind, and
he even makes fun of the
> > shadowy effects of many noir films in THE
SCARF, which some think is
> > better
> > than PSYCHO. Bloch wrote about Ed Gein in an
intro in a book whose title
> > I
> > forget, but it was reprinted in MURDER PLUS, a
late eighties anthology
> > of
> > true crime writing.
> >
> > I think Fabianne means CONCERTO FOR A DEAD
BEAT. That's also a noirish
> > crime
> > novel, albeit not one of Bloch's
best.
> >
> > Juri
> >
> >
> >
> >
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