The Favorite Game.
"It is the kind of book that becomes a law unto itself, simply because there is nothing with which to compare it": First American Edition of Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Signed by Him
The Favorite Game.
COHEN, Leonard.
Item Number: 29043
New York: The Viking Press, 1963.
First American edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the title page. A touch of rubbing, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Dust jacket art by R.M. Powers.
"Is there any Canadian novel as compelling and as good as at capturing youthful anxieties as J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye? Absolutely. . . . Leonard Cohen's first novel, The Favorite Game" (Globe & Mail). Paul Quarrington said "[t]he Favorite Game is a morally brave book, intimate and unflinching. . . . Leonard Cohen sustains the highest level of poetic craftsmanship throughout," and The Observer added "[h]e is a writer of terrific energy and color, a Rabelaisian comic and a visualizer of memorable scenes." The Calgary Albertan concluded that "[i]t is the kind of book that becomes a law unto itself, simply because there is nothing with which to compare it."
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