Anthony Reynolds' fascinating and detailed biography draws on scores of
new interviews conducted with Cohen's band members past and present, his
business associates, editors, friends, fans, producers, colleagues,
enemies and peers.
As well as their revealing accounts, the author has gained access to
hours of previously unpublished interviews with Cohen as well as video
archive recordings from several decades. The book also includes an
authoritative summary of every Cohen album, with insights and
recollections supplied from the musicians who appeared on the
recordings.
Gradually, despite Cohen's own good-natured evasiveness over the past 40
years, a surprisingly frank portrait begins to emerge of the legendary
figure who commands unparalleled loyalty from his fans and followers,
young and old. From the distant days of his penniless beginnings as a
much-praised poet in Montreal, through the travels, affairs and
religious crisis to his latest tours, Cohen's extraordinary life and
body of work is examined as never before.
The book includes many previously unpublished photographs