Known as the "Prince of Bummers," Leonard Cohen is a multi-talented poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and Zen Buddhist whose career has spanned more than forty years and inspired countless other artists. In this critically acclaimed biography originally published in 1996 by Pantheon Books, Ira Nadel draws on extensive interviews with Cohen, as well as excerpts from his unpublished letters, journals, notebooks, songs, and other writings, to offer a full portrait of this enigmatic man and his artistic career. A new concluding chapter brings Cohen's story up-to-date, including the release of the albums Dear Heather, Ten New Songs, The Essential Leonard Cohen, and Blue Alert, as well as the publication of Book of Longing and the screening of the documentary film Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man.
Chapter 1. The Root of the Chord
Chapter 2. Life in a Golden Coffin
Chapter 3. Passion Without Flesh
Chapter 4. Molecules Dancing in the Mountains
Chapter 5. Hopelessly Hollywood
Chapter 6. Cocktails in the Shaving Kit
Chapter 8. Ain’t No Cure for Love
Chapter 9. Trumpets and a Curtain of Razor Blades