
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman - Penguin Modern Classics (Paperback)
Angela Carter (author)- In stock
Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals, centaurs and acrobats, Desiderio must battle against unreality and the warping of time and space to be with her, as the Doctor reduces Desiderio's city to a chaotic state of emergency - one ridden with madness, crime and sexual excess.
A satirical tale of magic and sex, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is a dazzling quest for truth, love and identity.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141192390
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 213 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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