The Electric Michelangelo

By Sarah Hall
(Harper Perennial, Paperback, 9780060817244, 368pp.)

Publication Date: October 2005

Categories: General

Sarah Hall is the author of Haweswater, The Electric Michelangelo, and Daughters of the North.

‘A dazzlingly atmospheric and imaginative read.’
-Eve

“Her gorgeously embellished prose compels the narrative, along with the beguiling vignettes she conjures up . . . the effect is intoxicating.”
-Financial Times

‘Sarah Hall’s second novel, is richly descriptive, an evocative exploration of misfits and exiles searching for a home.’
-The Lady

‘Sarah Hall’s second book reads with all the colour, guts and flair of the 19th century tale - spinner.’
-The List

‘Hall conveys an arresting, colourful and complex world.... Even the most miniscule of nuances fanatically thought through and delivered.”
-Jack Magazine

‘The Electric Michelangelo is a pleasure to read.’
-Zembla

‘Wildly imagined and richly written. Prose as highly-coloured as Hall’s has to be savoured’
-Independent

“The torrential Lawrentian flow of her prose offers many heady pleasures.”
-London Times

‘Twisted and tantalising, this is beatifully written and a worthy successor.’
-Ham and High

‘The writing is so polished that it is hard to believe the author is only 30.’
-Sunday Telegraph

“Picaresque in its sweep and lovely in its lush description…. Hall’s writing is pure joy.”
-Publishers Weekly

“A vivid depiction of changing seaside culture.... A smart study of a subtle but desreputable art.”
-The Independent

‘Hall’s sensuous and brilliant imagery does not disappoint.’
-INK Magazine

“Confirms her status as one of the most significant and exciting of our younger novelists.”
-The Guardian

‘The Electric Michelangelo is a work of unusual imaginative power and range.’
-The Guardian