HALL, Sarah - The Electric Michelangelo - (Excellent Paperback) *

Book still in a great condition.   >>>   This book was terrific - I had very much wanted to read it and it lived up to every expectation I had.  Set during the first half of the 20th century, it's about Cy Parks, who grows up in an English seaside resort town and becomes a very good tattoo artist.  He emigrates to America, where he plies his trade in Coney Island. There he encounters the enigmatic Grace, who does an equestrian act in one of the park's circuses.  Their oddly intimate relationship develops through the medium of her request for an unusual full-body tattoo.   -   Hall's prose is gorgeous - her poetic and perceptive descriptions bring the story and its characters right inside.  Reading this book was a distinct pleasure.   -   The Electric Michelangelo also has a distinct Tom Waits feel to it.  This story and its characters bear a strong resemblance to the people and narratives that appear in Waits' material.  For me, this added an extra savor to the novel.   (Carol on Goodreads)