Archive for June, 2005
Voodoo child
The Ballad of Lee Cotton
by Christopher Wilson
Little, Brown £14.99, pp320
The problem with Everyman, even one as singular as Lee Cotton, is that the temptation to have him do everything can be too great. Christopher Wilson’s hilarious, thoughtful novel suffers in parts from this syndrome.
Lee Cotton is born Leifur Nils Kristjansson Saint Marie du Cotton, his [...]
Kilmer on the loose
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Playhouse, London WC2
Yet another Hollywood star in the West End, but of the latest crop - David Schwimmer, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor - Val Kilmer is perhaps the least bankable. As someone said to me in the bar afterwards, ‘Kilmer? He’s a spent force’. True, he may be a little weightier [...]
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