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The ballad of Lee Cotton

Paperback • 2006 • English • 1. edition

The ballad of Lee Cotton

By Christopher Wilson

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About the book

From his Icelandic father Lee Cotton gets his marble skin and blue eyes. From his mixed-race mother he gains his black identity. From his Mambo grandmother he inherits forebodings about his future. It's a combination that sets Lee apart from the other black kids growing up in Eureka, Mississippi. It marks Lee out as slightly odd. And very white. If childhood was confusing, adolescence proves life changing when Lee falls in love with the sublime Angelina. It's also life threatening: Angel's fathe...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

Book details

ISBN

9780349118482

Publisher

Abacus

Published year

2006

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The ballad of Lee Cotton

Format

Paperback

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