A man who shares his name with a famous singer must grapple with his identity, purpose, and love.
No less a fate awaits the protagonists of this slender yet universal novel, where art, love, and fame all fatefully intertwine..
Once upon a time, Apollo fell hard for Daphne, who turned herself into a laurel tree.
The ancient myth haunts the fated lovers, and the nobody Leonard Cohen\'s life becomes at once a mystery, a miracle, and a myth on its own terms.
But even with Daphne, Leonard is shadowed by the other Leonard Cohen, whom he fears is the real Apollo.
In their meeting on a Greek island, a contemporary fable of Daphne and Apollo plays out.
At the center of Leonard\'s life is Daphne.
He struggles, in particular, to write one song as great as the least of the great Leonard Cohen\'s songs.
He struggles to be more than a punchline in his own mind.
He struggles to compete.
The Leonard Cohen at the center of Leonard Cohen: A Novel is an everyman, a would-be artist, a would-be lover, a would-be tragic figure, yet a man haunted by the greatness of his namesake.
A man who shares his name with a famous singer must grapple with his identity, purpose, and love
