"Blindingly swell, like Stendhal describing the Battle of Waterloo, or Jack Kerouac's description of parking cars in a crowded lot or T.E. Lawrence when he cuts loose and sends thousands of noble Arabs roaring across unknown desert sands. It's amazing work. A terrific and original novel by a splendid new writer." -- Washington Post

"The best moments are like this glimpse of the aurora borealis over Morecambe Bay: 'It was light that had neither the impatience of fire, nor the snap of electricity, nor the fluttering sway of a candle. It was light that was nature's grace, unhurried, the slowest, sweeping effulgence.' Like that mysterious light, Hall's novel is to be admired for its own slow grace." -- New York Times Book Review

'Confirms her status as one of the most significant and exciting of our younger novelists ... The Electric Michelangelo is a work of unusual imaginative power and range, and it deserves a wide readership.' -- The Guardian

"A vivid depiction of changing seaside culture on both sides of the Atlantic and a smart study of a subtle but disreputable art." -- The Independent

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

"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

'Hall is a writer to indulge, and her sensuous, poetic prose is every bit as evocative as sand poured from a pocket at the end of a holiday.' -- Daily Mail (London)

'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

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

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

'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

'A dazzlingly atmospheric and imaginative read.' -- Eve

"Picaresque in its sweep and lovely in its lush description.... Hall's writing is pure joy." -- Publishers Weekly

"Hall's intelligence and ambition are thrilling to behold...she manages to combine the plummy sensuality of Marguerite Duras with the silken abstractions of Michael Ondaatje." -- BookForum

"Hall... is a master wordsmith." -- Charlotte Observer