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Grenouille doesn't just detect scents--he digests them, dissects them, and then preserves the essence of their individual components in the redolent storehouse of his mind. And whether smells are fresh and sweet or spoiled and foul, Grenouille devours them all with equal delight...
...like sweet revenge...
When the cones are made--at least three or four times a day--the sweet scent lures would-be cone eaters into the Bow St. shop, adds scooper Maria Latzanakis...
Another problem with the stories is that introspection constantly muddies the portrayal of all the rotting relationships of which Klass writes. In "In Africa" the lover complains that he doesn't know what his girlfriend did all the time she was in Africa. The man in "A Gift of Sweet Mustard" imagines that his unemployed wife is carrying on an affair while he is at work during the day. Their anxiety and its aftermath of malaise isn't necessary. They are either too empty-headed or devious in a way that the author has completely neglected to clarify...
...Zatarain's crab boil (since 1889), a bottle of Hunt's All Natural barbecue sauce, a bottle of Seven Seas Viva Italian dressing, a bottle of Formula 409 all-purpose cleaner, a can of Bush's Best whole-kernel golden corn, a can of Shurfine early harvest sweet peas, a can of La Choy meatless chow mein, two jars of Ragu Chunky Gardenstyle 100% Natural spaghetti sauce, a can of Trappey's jalapeno navy beans (flavored with slab bacon), a can of New Orleans French Market chicory coffee, a bag of garlic cloves suspended from the ceiling, a cold...