One of the most fascinating & respected singersongwriters of all time Leonard Cohen has built an audience across fifty years of music-making Second only to Bob Dylan (and perhaps Paul Simon) he commands the attention of critics & younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the '60s still working in the 21st century This new book guides the reader from his first taste of success in his early thirties to a position where classic tracks such as Hallelujah are covered by the top stars of every successive generation