The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (King Penguins)
by:
Angela Carter (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140056518 (0140056513)
Publish date: March 28th 1986
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 221
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
20th Century,
Feminism,
Magical Realism,
Surreal
Ordinarily I like a bit of metaphysical wankery in novels, but this was a chore to get through. There's a great deal of sexual violence and I just wasn't feeling the -philias.
Relentless, bizarre image after bizarre image, sandwiched between descriptions of violent sexual acts, sprinkled with beauty and black humor. The writing was a heady combination of the formal and baroque. Truly unbelievable that such a variety of hideousness could be packed into so little space. Fiv...
A strange intense novel filled with surreal imagery and twisted sexuality. Desiderio is caught between Doctor Hoffman, who is attempting to alter reality and reduce the world to chaos with machines powered by sexual energy, and the Minister of Determination, who attempts to defend reality from Hoff...
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