| The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman Contributor(s): Carter, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140235191 ISBN-13: 9780140235197 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Fantasy - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.09" W x 7.75" (0.42 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |