The Electric Michelangelo

The Electric Michelangelo

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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.

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The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall

'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.
Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria in 1974. She is the prize-winning author of five novels - Haweswater, The Electric Michelangelo, The Carhullan Army and How to Paint a Dead Man and The Wolf Border - as well as The Beautiful Indifference, a collection of short stories. The first story in the collection, 'Butchers Perfume', was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, a prize she won in 2013 with 'Mrs Fox'.
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ISBN 13 9780571315611
ISBN 10 0571315615
Titre The Electric Michelangelo
Auteur Sarah Hall
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Faber & Faber
Année de publication 2016-03-03
Nombre de pages 352
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