The Pigeon — Patrick Süskind

Title: The Pigeon — Patrick Suskind

Author: Patrick Süskind

Publisher: Penguin Books

Format: Paperback

Edition: Penguin paperback, 1989. First published in German by Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich, 1987. First published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, 1988.

ISBN: 0140105832

Condition: Second-hand. Good used condition. Glossy cover shows light rubbing, minor scuffing and edge wear. Spine has light shelf wear. Pages appear clean with mild age-toning. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

A short, unsettling novella from the author of Perfume. The Pigeon follows Jonathan Noel, a solitary Parisian bank security guard whose carefully controlled life begins to unravel after an unexpected encounter with a pigeon outside his room.

Compact, strange and psychologically sharp, the book is often compared with Kafka and Poe for its claustrophobic tension and quiet sense of dread.