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THE PERFUME THIEF
The Art Forger meets "Moulin Rouge" in this stylish, sexy page turner about Clementine, a queer American ex-pat and thief of rare scents who has retired to Paris, only to return to her old tricks in hopes of protecting the city she loves from the Nazis.
Clementine 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 while 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 recounts 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.
Timothy Schaffert is the author of The Swan Gondola (Riverhead, 2015), The Coffins of Little Hope (Unbridled, 2011), Devils in the Sugar Shop (Unbridled, 2007), The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God (Unbridled, 2005), and The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters (Unbridled, 2002), which have been among Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selections, Indie Next Picks, and New York Times Editor's Choices. Schaffert teaches creative writing and literature at the University of NebraskaLincoln.
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 while 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 recounts 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.
Timothy Schaffert is the author of The Swan Gondola (Riverhead, 2015), The Coffins of Little Hope (Unbridled, 2011), Devils in the Sugar Shop (Unbridled, 2007), The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God (Unbridled, 2005), and The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters (Unbridled, 2002), which have been among Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selections, Indie Next Picks, and New York Times Editor's Choices. Schaffert teaches creative writing and literature at the University of NebraskaLincoln.
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