 The titular pigeon can be a symbol for disorder intruding on the protagonist's meticulously organized existence, and may be seen as similar to U.S. writer Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", which features its titular bird perched over its protagonist's door instead of M. Noel's pigeon.This book is Süskind's followup to his nine-year bestselling first novel, "Perfume".Jonathan Noel, lost his parents during the World War II, grew up with his uncle.