The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman - With an intr. by Ali Smith
Verlag | Penguin UK |
Auflage | 2011 |
Seiten | 288 |
Format | 19,8 cm |
Gewicht | 216 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Penguin Modern Classics |
ISBN-10 | 0141192399 |
EAN | 9780141192390 |
Bestell-Nr | 14119239EA |
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.
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\'One of the most original, radical and stylish fiction writers of the twentieth century\' Independent