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Does the world really need another Leonard Cohen biography?

JL;DR SUMMARY With nearly 30 biographies of Leonard Cohen already in existence, Christophe Lebold's new work, "Leonard Cohen, The Man Who Saw Angels Fall," raises the question of necessity for yet another. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PoetryMusicBiographyMatti FriedmanLiterary CriticismLeonard CohenFallen Angel MotifSylvie SimmonsChristophe Lebold

Places mentioned

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"his early start in Montreal"
Hydra, Attica, Greece
"the period he spent on the Greek island of Hydra"
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
"professor of literature and rock culture at the University of Strasbourg"
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Cohen, in the last year of his life, cooking for Lebold in his Los Angeles kitchen"

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