Infernal desire machines of doctor hoffman, paperback/angela carter

With a new introduction by Ali Smith One of the most original, radical and stylish fiction writers of the twentieth century Independent Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffmans mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctors 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 Desiderios 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.