The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:3rd Feb '11
Should be back in stock very soon
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: 198mm x 128mm x 17mm
Weight: 213g
288 pages