The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

The transformation of Desiderio's city into a mysterious kingdom is instantaneous: Hallucination flows with magical speed in every brain; avenues and plazas are suddenly as fertile as fairy-book forests. And the evil comes, too, as imaginary massacres fill the streets with blood, the dead return to question the living, and profound anxiety drives hundreds to suicide.

Behind it all stands Doctor Hoffman, whose gigantic generators crack the immutable surfaces of time and space and plunge civilization into a world without the chains - or structures - of reason. Only Desiderio, immune to mirages and fantasy, can defeat him. But Desiderio's battle will take him to the very brink of undeniable, irresistible desire.

Author: Angela Carter
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 03/04/1986
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.75h x 5.09w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780140235197
ISBN10: 0140235191
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Romance | Fantasy
- Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

About the Author
Angela Carter (1940 -1992) wrote nine novels and numerous short stories, as well as nonfiction, radio plays, and the screenplay for Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves, based on her story. She won numerous literary awards, traveled and taught widely in the United States, and lived in London.