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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Angela Carter
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Description for The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Paperback. 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. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
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 ... Read more of Doctor Hoffman is a dazzling quest for truth, love and identity.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141192390
SKU
V9780141192390
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About Angela Carter
Angela Carter was born in 1940 of a Scottish father and Yorkshire mother. She read English at Bristol University, and after escaping an early marriage went to live in Japan for a number of years. She wrote nine novels, which blend fantasy, science fiction and gothic, and is often referred to as a writer of magic realism. She died in ... Read more
Reviews for The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
'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
Independent
She belonged at the centre of the literature of her time
Salman Rushdie
New York Times