The infernal desire machines of Doctor Hoffman /
by Carter, Angela.
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BookSeries: Penguin modern classics: Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2011Edition: [New edition] / with an introduction by Ali Smith.Description: xii, 271 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780141192390 (pbk.) :; 0141192399 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): General | General | SatireSummary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 26/10/2024 | 003097872X | |||
| Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002781087X |
This edition originally published: 2010.
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.
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