- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown; First Edition edition (5 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316730262
- ISBN-13: 978-0316730266
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,037,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written with all the imaginative gusto of a heavy-weight novelist (FT MAGAZINE )
Exuberant (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
Wildly entertaining (DAILY MAIL )
An exuberant, joyful ride. Outrageously funny, it combines high farce with biting satire (INDEPENDENT )
Exuberant (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
Wildly entertaining (DAILY MAIL )
An exuberant, joyful ride. Outrageously funny, it combines high farce with biting satire (INDEPENDENT )
Independent, 12 May 2005
'brilliantly entertaining fictional odyssey ... outrageously funny'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great read. Told from the perspective of a white boy born in Mississippi to a black mother, the story takes both entertaining and tragic twists as it holds up a mirror to the society's attitudes to race and appearance. The remarkable turns in Lee's life are convincingly portrayed, and his observations give a surprising perspective on the way people treat each other.
Justifiably short-listed for the Whitbread prize.
Justifiably short-listed for the Whitbread prize.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
loved this book. made me forget war was rageing. unbelievable, written superbly, very well developed characters. chapeau!
Beirut, July 2006.
Beirut, July 2006.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A wonderful study of humanity, with all it's quirks and foibles. Get past the colloquial dialogue and you will laugh out loud at Lee's adventures. If you enjoyed Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre you will love this.
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Amazing - Read this!
Amazing, humourous, original and intriguing story. Language is beautifully rich and rhythmic yet unpretentious and accessible. Read more
Published 3 months ago by RS
Excellent
I'm a huge fan of the weird and wonderful and this is most definitely both! Lee Cotton is a black child with white skin, born in Mississippi - but that doesn't begin to tell you... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Zoe Haggan
The Ballad of Lee Cotton
Never in a million years will you guess the way this book is going to go. I can usually guess the direction a book is going to take but not this time. Read more
Published 11 months ago by fb
A roller coaster
A roller coaster of a read - you may know where you will end up, but you can still be surprised and delighted by the unexpected twists and turns. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Emma
Lee cotton
An excellent read, can't remember the last time I held an 'unputdownable' book.
A wonderful study of life and it's unpredictable route
A wonderful study of life and it's unpredictable route
Published on 4 May 2009 by P. W. Lewis
Fantastic
I absolutely loved this book, like the other revue stated that it takes a slight bit of perseverance to get through the first few pages but please stick with it. Read more
Published on 18 May 2008 by Boo Kmark
Beautifully composed
If you're on the lookout for something that little but different this is well worth a read. Interestingly it did take some effort to get through the first few pages, but after that... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by Graham Gosling
Quirky and funny
This genuinely funny novel tells the tale of how Lee Cotton starts his life as a black boy and ends it as a white woman. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2006 by Jenny
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