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The Electric Michelangelo

By Sarah Hall

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The Electric Michelangelo

By Sarah Hall

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''Glorious.'' Observer ''Wildly imaginative.'' Independent ''Intoxicating.'' Financial Times On the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, Cy Parks spends his childhood years first in a guest house for consumptives run by his mother and then as apprentice to alcoholic tattoo-artist Eliot Riley. Thirsty for new experiences, he departs for America and finds himself in the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk, where he sets up his own business as ''The Electric Michelangelo''. In this carnival environment of roller-coasters and freak-shows, Cy becomes enamoured with Grace, a mysterious immigrant and circus performer who commissions him to cover her entire body in tattooed eyes. Hugely atmospheric, exotic and familiar, The Electric Michelangelo is a love story and an exquisitely rendered portrait of seaside resorts on opposite sides of the Atlantic by one of the most uniquely talented novelists of her generation.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2016-03-03
Publication Date:
2016-03-03
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0571315615
ISBN13:
9780571315611
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
288 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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