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.
| ISBN | 0141192399 | | Pages | 288 | | ISBN13 | 9780141192390
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 217 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 03 Feb 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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'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
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