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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.

©1972 Angela Carter (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Witty
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Mr Pirillo's accent is an acquired sound, but he lends the story an appropriate air of the exotic. An acid trip of a listen.

A fantasmagoric ride

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the phoney accent is so strong you cant even follow or understand the story. I strongly suggest you do not buy this audiobook

Overdramatized performance

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I stuck it out because the story was engaging. This deserves to be re-recorded with a different narrator.

The performance was painful

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Found it very difficult to stay focused on the story. Don't buy this audio book

couldn't follow the story

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