Publisher's Synopsis
The story of a man whose only meaningfulcontact with the world is through smells.Have you ever gotten a whiff of somethingwhich transported you to another time, place, or person from your past? That's becauseolfactory memory is the most powerfullyimplanted memory in the brain. And nowimagine having a sense of smell so keen thatit becomes your primary way of experiencingthe world.In his debut novel, David Hill Burns givesreaders a front row seat to the highly originalperspective of Jim Bronson, a man with aprodigious ability to discern the complexitiesof smell around him. He is a man of greatnostalgia and invests all of his waking energycollecting the smells of places, times, andpeople.Burns walks a daring fine line with Jimbetween creepy and lovably endearing. InWhiff, you will follow his journey from sociallyinept into the wide world of relationships andfeelings thanks to a woman with anextraordinary scent."rain on early spring birch leaves, the filamentof an orchid, and the slightest hint ofcardamom"Readers will find themselves immersed in thesensory world of smells and nostalgia likeChristmas, for instance."a delicate infusion of fur tree, scotch tape, wrapping paper, wood burning fire, clove, orange, newspaper, coffee"
