I had high hopes for this book but was disappointed. Since it had a historical context I had hoped for a greater element of realism. Instead I got some creepy German guys fantasy world where everyone is obsessed with smell. He's probably the kind of guy who watches german scheisse videos. I won't take Kurt Cobains opinion on literature anymore. Then again I like his music but pretty much every other life choice he ever made was awful. To each his own I guess but books where people are eaten because they have nice smelling cologne are ridiculous.