The Infernal Desire Machines Of Doctor Hoffman Av Angela Carter

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.<br><br>A satirical tale of magic and sex, <i>The Infernal Desire Machines</i> <i>of Doctor Hoffman</i> is a dazzling quest for truth, love and identity.