The Pigeon
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The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind is dark and haunting tale from the author of the bestselling Perfume - now available in ebook for the first time Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel. Noel who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover - when he opens his front door on a day he believes will be just like any other, he encounters not the desired empty hallway but an unwelcome, diabolical intruder . . . This tense, disturbing follow-up to the bestselling Perfume is a modern classic novella from the much-acclaimed Patrick Süskind
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The next time someone says autism didn't exist in The Past, have them read this.
An undiagnosed 53yo autistic man in The Past has his routine interrupted by something trivial. He proceeds to spend the day catastrophising and having a prolonged meltdown. Then he has a long walk, listens to some heavy rain and is OK again.
It's literally just regular day in the life stuff for neurodivergent people and yet apparently it's a deep and thought provoking exposé on the anarchy of trivialities or some other high-brow literary wank.
I hate to break it to the quoted reviewers on the cover but, uh, this isn't some enlightened visionary tale. Stop patronising and othering nd people, thanks.
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