Research Catalog
The perfume thief
- Title
- The perfume thief / Timothy Schaffert.
- Author
- Schaffert, Timothy
- Publication
- New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-9141 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 356 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Clementine, sometimes known as Judge, is a 72-year-old reformed con artist with a penchant for impeccably tailored suits. Her life of crime has led her from the uber-wealthy perfume junkies of belle epoque Manhattan, to the scented butterflies of Costa Rica, to the spice markets of Marrakesh, and finally the bordellos of Paris, where she settles down and opens a legitimate shop bottling her favorite extracts for the ladies of the cabarets. In 1941 as the Germans stranglehold on the city tightens, Clem's perfume-making attracts the notice of Oskar Voss, a francophile Nazi bureaucrat, who comes to demand Clem's expertise and loyalty in his mysterious play for Hitler's favor. Clem has no choice but to surrender fully to the con, but even though she knew playing the part of collaborator would be dangerous, she never imagined it would be so painfully intimate. At Oskar's behest and in an effort to win his trust, Clem tells him the full story of her life and loves, this time without the cover of the lies she came to Paris to escape. Complete with romance, espionage, champagne towers and haute couture, this full-tilt sensory experience is a dazzling portrait of the underground resistance of twentieth century Paris and a passionate love letter to the power of beauty and community in the face of insidious hate"--
- Subject
- 1939-1945
- Perfumes > Fiction
- Nazis > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Paris > Fiction
- FICTION / Historical / World War II
- FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General
- Nazis
- Perfumes
- Underground movements, War
- France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Fiction
- Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944 > Fiction
- France
- France > Paris
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-354).
- Call Number
- JFE 21-9141
- ISBN
- 9780385545747
- 0385545746
- 9780385548151
- 038554815X
- LCCN
- 2020043849
- 40030791917
- OCLC
- 1198987696
- Author
- Schaffert, Timothy, author.
- Title
- The perfume thief / Timothy Schaffert.
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-354).
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Other Form:
- Online version: Schaffert, Timothy, The perfume thief First. New York City : Doubleday, 2021. 9780385545754 (DLC) 2020043850
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030791917
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-9141