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Narrado por:
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Vincent Pirillo
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De:
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Angela Carter
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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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- Jon Johnson
- 07-16-24
A fantasmagoric ride
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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-15-22
Overdramatized performance
the phoney accent is so strong you cant even follow or understand the story. I strongly suggest you do not buy this audiobook
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- Arnie Schoenberg
- 02-27-25
The performance was painful
I stuck it out because the story was engaging. This deserves to be re-recorded with a different narrator.
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- Hugo
- 03-13-18
couldn't follow the story
Found it very difficult to stay focused on the story. Don't buy this audio book
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