The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

Angela Carter author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:3rd Feb '11

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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 Machinesof Doctor Hoffman is a dazzling quest for truth, love and identity.

'One of the most original, radical and stylish fiction writers of the twentieth century' * Independent *
She belonged at the centre of the literature of her time -- Salman Rushdie * New York Times *

ISBN: 9780141192390

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 10mm

Weight: 220g

288 pages