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The story of a war fought against the diabolic Doctor Hoffman, who wanted to demolish the structures of reason and liberate man from the chains of the reality principle for ever.
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"Angela Carter may well be the best British writer of her generation."
--Mirabella
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--Mirabella
"Combines exquisite craft win an apparently boundless reach."
--Ian McEwan
The 1970s was a decade of anger and discontent. Britain endured power cuts and strikes. America pulled out of Vietnam and saw its President resign from office. Feminism and face lifts vied for women's hearts (and minds). And for many, prog rock, punk and disco weren't just music but ways of life.
Angela Carter's The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, was published in 1972, and has been hailed as one of the finest surrealist novels in the language. In this magical adventure Desiderio is stricken with love for Albertina, a woman he sees only in his dreams. He must also battle against Doctor Hoffman and his mysterious machines, as they bend time and space to turn Desiderio's city into a nightmare of lust, insanity and crime. But the evil Doctor is also Albertina's father ...
With a new introduction by Ali Smith
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0140120289
- ISBN 13 9780140120288
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- Number of pages224
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