Cohen gets the music biography he truly deserves
Mojo
Simmons’ clear affection for her subject helps to illuminate Cohen’s motivations and working methods and gives an intriguing insight into his singular mind
Sunday Times
The year’s most meticulous, elegant and satisfying rock book
Independent
Simmons loves language, hates cliché and takes her time... [she] recreates long-gone incidents with such vigour that you’d swear Simmons was there at the time, sitting in the corner and taking notes
Guardian
A well-rounded portrait of the poet-singer…his dry wit finds an echo in Simmons’s phrase-making
Financial Times
Magnificently detailed and affectionate
Daily Telegraph
Enthralling, meticulously researched…definitive volume on the guy right at the top of the tower of song
Observer
Simmons’ stunning biography leaves you wanting more: more on Cohen, more from Cohen an more music biographis as meticulously researched and engagingly written as this…there is no shortage of Cohen studies out there, now there’s no need for any more
Record Collector
An absorbing and well-rounded biography of the downbeat Canadian troubadour
Sunday Telegraph
Simmons – a music journalist of impeccable pedigree – triumphantly rises to all challenges
Spectator