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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

By: Angela Carter
Narrated by: Vincent Pirillo
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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.

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it was hard to differentiate between characters, especially the peepshow proprietor and Desiderio! Nevertheless, loved it!

Great overall, more character distinction needed

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Sticking the hero's journey in a blender together with some philosophical and pseudoscientific mumbojumbo may make it less derivative, but it does not make it better.

Despite the pretty descriptions

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