| 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. The Ballad of Lee Cotton is a brilliantly original, funny and profoundly thought-provoking novel about what it means to be human. It challenges the reader to dare to change, to look beyond the only thing that holds us back – the imaginary wreck of the future. |
