The international bestseller, translated from the German by Simon Pare. On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary' - for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. 

Oozing with the sort of ingredients that cause a sugar rush of emotional associations: Paris, Provence, musty bookshops, eccentric landladies, lost loves, even cats.