In 1768 Malvina Raynal sees her parents hang for cannibalizing guests at their inn. Her own talents are later useful to a Parisian apothecary in the strange "health pastilles" which cure all ills. Malvina cooks lavish dishes made from ingredients her lover would probably rather not know about.
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A gloriously gothic tale in the vein of Perfume, the bestselling novel by Patrick Suskind, 'this is a deliciously florid novel about the sensual peversions of taste' Metro London
In 1768 Malvina Raynal sees her parents hang for cannibalizing guests at their inn. Her own talents are later useful to a Parisian apothecary in the strange "health pastilles" which cure all ills. Malvina cooks lavish dishes made from ingredients her lover would probably rather not know about.
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