I am deeply respectful of the mind that has produced this book. LEONARD COHEN, Email to the Author

A literary masterpiece.JEFF FLEISCHER, Foreword Reviews

An impressive piece of work: Christophe Lebold has chosen a literary form for his homage and succeeds. ERIC NAULLEAU, literary critic

The book, like the singer, embraces the sacred and the profane. Booklist

A rhapsodic and fluidly written new take on Canadian poet/crooner/troubadour and pessimistic, introspective social commentator Cohen. Library Journal

The best book about Leonard Cohen. JEAN-LUC PORQUET, Le canard enchainé

An extraordinary piece of work, at every level … It’s the biographical denouement that Leonard deserves. MICHAEL POSNER, author of Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years

Crammed with photos, footnotes, a blizzard of evidence, of fantastic research and opinion: this is ESSENTIAL. JIM DEVLIN, author of Leonard Cohen: In His Own Words and In Every Style of Passion: The Works of Leonard Cohen

Combining scholarly biography, luminous exegesis, and metaphysics of the broken heart, this is the Summa Cohenia we needed. BERNARD LOUPIAS, Le nouvel observateur

CHRISTOPHE LEBOLD, an expert in American literature, holds a position as an associate professor at the University of Strasbourg, France. His doctoral research focused on the works of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. With a deep admiration for Leonard Cohen, he has extensively journeyed in the footsteps of the poet. Alongside his academic pursuits, he is a theatre actor and practitioner of Zen, finding joy in poets, cats and, when feeling cheerful, all living things.