With a new introduction by Ali Smith \'One of the most original, radical and stylish fiction writers of the twentieth century\' Independent 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.
Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals, centaurs and acrobats, Desiderio must battle against u.
But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams.
With a new introduction by Ali Smith \'One of the most original, radical and stylish fiction writers of the twentieth century\' Independent 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
