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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

Angela Carter

1972 · EN

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.

Editions · 5

Paperback
1986 · Penguin (Non-Classics)
224 pp · EN
9780140120288
Paperback
1986 · Penguin (Non-Classics)
224 pp · EN
9780140120288
Paperback
1994 · Penguin
220 pp · EN
9780140235197
Paperback
2010 · Penguin
264 pp · EN
9780141046686
Paperback
2011 · Penguin Books, Limited
EN
9780141399652

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