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Item Details
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THE INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINES OF DOCTOR HOFFMAN
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| By: |
Angela Carter |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£9.99 |
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£7.29 |
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£2.70 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0141192399 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141192390 |
| Availability: |
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| Stock: |
Currently 5 available |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
3 February, 2011 |
| Series: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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