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 from glass seems only to appear to him in his dreams Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals centaurs & acrobats Desiderio must battle against unreality & the warping of time & space to be with her as the Doctor reduces Desiderio's city to a chaotic state of emergency
- one ridden with madness crime & sexual excess A satirical tale of magic & sex The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is a dazzling quest for truth love & identity