by Leonard Cohen (Author)
This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family. 'Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the world is made flesh.' Lawrence Breavman seeks two things: love and beauty. Beginning with the innocent games of delicious misadventure with first love Lisa and the absorbing wanders through Montreal with best friend Krantz, Breavman's tale is a distant echo of 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' - injected with 1960s aesthetics and Cohen's unique poetry. As Breavman grows into a young man, the emerging writer continues his quest for beauty and love, finding himself in the arms of Shell and a burgeoning realisation of his own talent for appreciating majesty in the grotesque. Semi-autobiographical, the angst and beauty of Cohen's voice deftly channel the painful confusion of the journey into adulthood, and the friendships, wars and lovers that are our guides.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 286
Edition: 1
Publisher: Blue Door
Published: 23 Jul 2009
ISBN 10: 0007318391
ISBN 13: 9780007318391
`He is a writer of terrific energy and colour, a Rabelaisian comic and a visualiser of some memorable scenes.' Observer
`'The Favourite Game' is a morally brave book, intimate and unflinching...Leonard Cohen sustains the highest level of poetic craftsmanship throughout.' Paul Quarrington, author of `Whale Music'
`Is there any Canadian novel as compelling and as good at capturing youthful anxieties as J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye ? Absolutely...Leonard Cohen's first novel, The Favorite Game ...One of the 10 best Canadian novels of the 20th century.' Globe & Mail
Leonard Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. His first book of poetry, `Let Us Compare Mythologies', was published in 1956 and his first novel, the semi-autobiographical `The Favourite Game', in 1963. Cohen has recorded numerous albums and published several books of poetry and an experimental novel, `Beautiful Losers' (1966). Cohen lives in Montreal, Canada.
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