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The novel is from the perspective of Desiderio, a bureau member in the main city currently under attack by Dr Hoffman’s desire machines. With them, Hoffman expands the dimensions of time-space, allowing mutating mirages to inhabit the same dimension as the living. Desiderio, though indifferent to the apparitions, finds himself visited nightly by a glass woman, the manifestation of Albertina, Hoffman’s daughter & Desiderio’s lover-to-be. Unlike Desiderio, many people go crazy in response to the apparitions. The city, severed from communication with the world, becomes a place of rampant insanity & crime, causing a state of emergency. Under the Minister of Determination's command, Desiderio goes undercover to assassinate Hoffman.
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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (King Penguin), Angela Carter
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- Released
- 1982
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- Title
- The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (King Penguin)
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Angela Carter
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 1982
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN13
- 9780140056518
- Series
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- The novel is from the perspective of Desiderio, a bureau member in the main city currently under attack by Dr Hoffman’s desire machines. With them, Hoffman expands the dimensions of time-space, allowing mutating mirages to inhabit the same dimension as the living. Desiderio, though indifferent to the apparitions, finds himself visited nightly by a glass woman, the manifestation of Albertina, Hoffman’s daughter & Desiderio’s lover-to-be. Unlike Desiderio, many people go crazy in response to the apparitions. The city, severed from communication with the world, becomes a place of rampant insanity & crime, causing a state of emergency. Under the Minister of Determination's command, Desiderio goes undercover to assassinate Hoffman.