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Perfume The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Suskind
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literary fiction psychological thriller past tense third limited POV ~333 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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obsessive macabre melancholic

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 0
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count83,347
Page count~333 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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