The Favorite Game
A Novel

To live in the modern world and not know Leonard Cohen... perhaps. It is impossible not to feel his presence, spread throughout the cultural space. Have you watched the cartoon about Shrek, "Barefoot on the grass", "Ambulance", "Dr. House", the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics? So they sang al......more

Leonard Cohen, like the artist at various times known as Prince, likes to fuse God and sex together, so that for him shagging is like Communion is for Catholics, and he shares this view with crazy cult leaders and holy lechers throughout history, as can be seen in songs like Hallelujah (check out wh......more

I’m a Leonard Cohen fan but wasn’t aware that he’d written 2 novels until recently. This one is the first and published in 1963 and semi autobiographical. The writing is just wonderful , short chapters, often short sentences but it reads beautifully and though often I didn’t particularly like what L......more

"Shell was genuinely fond of him. She had to resort to that expression when she examined her feelings. That sickened her because she did not wish to dedicate her life to a fondness. This was not the kind of quiet she wanted. The elegance of a dancing couple was remarkable only because the grace evol......more

As can be confirmed from the recently released biography of Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man, The Favourite Game is a semi- autobiographical work. Humour is something most people don’t associate with Leonard Cohen but this book has it (mostly in the first part). What I first found striking about the book......more