Author

Publication

2005 - Perennial, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

91,000 words, Guess

Page Count

364 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780060817244
  • Open LibraryOL3420683M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPR6108.A49 E47 2005
  • LCCPR6108.A49E47 2005

Description

"In the lyrical prose that has already become her trademark, Sarah Hall's new novel tells the story of Cy Parks, from his childhood years spent in a seaside guest house for consumptives with his mother, Reeda, to his apprenticeship as a tattoo-artist with Eliot Riley - a scraper with a reputation as a Bolshevik and a drinker to boot." "His skills acquired and a thirst for experience burning within him, Cy departs for America and the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk, where he sets up his own business as 'The Electric Michelangelo'. In this carnival environemnt of roller-coasters and freakshows, while the crest of the Edwardian amusement industry wave is breaking, Cy becomes enamoured with Grace, a mysterious East European immigrant and circus performer who commissions him to cover her body entirely with tattooed eyes."--Jacket.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • The electric MichelangeloPerennial2005-01-01

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