{"product_id":"leonard-cohen-philippe-girard-9781770464896","title":"Leonard Cohen: On a Wire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating, revealing biography of the legendary musician and poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man's life in 2016. Alone in his final hours, the beloved writer and musician ponders his existence in a series of flashbacks that reveal the ups and downs of a storied career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young Cohen traded in the promise of steady employment in his family's Montreal garment business for the unlikely path of a literary poet. His life took another sharp turn when, already in his thirties, he recorded his first album to widespread international acclaim. Along the way he encountered a who's who of musical luminaries, including Lou Reed, Nico, Janis Joplin, and Joni Mitchell. And then there's Phil Spector, the notorious music impresario who held a gun to Cohen's head during a coke-fueled, all-night recording session. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLater in Cohen's life, there's the story of Hallelujah, one of his most famous songs, and its slow rise from relative obscurity when first recorded in the 1980s to its iconic status a decade later with covers by John Cale and Jeff Buckley. And the period when Cohen went broke after his manager embezzled his lifetime savings, which ironically sparked an unlikely career resurgence and several worldwide tours in the 2000s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with careful attention to detail and drawn with a palette of warm, lush colors by the Quebec-based cartoonist Philippe Girard, \u003ci\u003eLeonard Cohen \u003c\/i\u003eis an engaging portrait of a cultural icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philippe Girard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770464891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770464896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 7.03w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2021","brand":"Philippe Girard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053430796543,"sku":"9781770464896","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19815776-f69f-4af1-bae6-08e076748c0e.jpg?v=1685024303","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leonard-cohen-philippe-girard-9781770464896","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}