num_pages: 320
description: High Cotton is an extraordinarily rich account of the dreams and inner turmoils of a new generation of the black upper middle class, capturing the essence of a part of American society that has mostly been ignored in literature. The novel's protagonist journeys from his childhood home in the midwest to college, a stint in New York publishing, and Europe, yet the issue of his "blackness" remains at the heart of his being.
language: English
title: High Cotton
titlecomplete: High Cotton (Contemporary American Fiction)
genres: Queer, African American, Fiction, African American Literature, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 102
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books