Leonard Cohen av Philippe Girard

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<p><b>A captivating, revealing biography of the legendary musician and poet<br></b><i><br>Leonard Cohen</i> opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man¿s life in 2016. Alone in his final hours, the beloved writer and musician ponders his existence in a series of flashbacks that reveal the ups and downs of a storied career.<br><br>A young Cohen traded in the promise of steady employment in his family¿s Montreal garment business for the unlikely path of a literary poet. His life took another sharp turn when, already in his thirties, he recorded his first album to widespread international acclaim. Along the way he encountered a who¿s who of musical luminaries, including Lou Reed, Nico, Janis Joplin, and Joni Mitchell. And then there¿s Phil Spector, the notorious music impresario who held a gun to Cohen¿s head during a coke-fueled, all-night recording session.<br><br>Later in Cohen¿s life, there¿s the story of "Hallelujah," one of his most famous songs, and its slow rise from relativ