ampampquotAn expedition into the troubled soul of one of the worlds greatest songwriters.ampampquotHaaretzampampamp8239ampampamp8220A fascinating and intense account of Leonard Cohenampampamp8217s time in Israel during the 19day Yom Kippur War of 1973. A must for any Leonard Cohen completist.ampampamp8221ampampamp8212Suzanne VegaAampampamp8239Vanity Fairampampamp8239Best Book of 2022 ampampamp8239Mosaic Magazine Best Book of 2022The untold story of Leonard Cohenampampamp8217s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War including neverbeforeseen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographsIn October 1973 the poet and singer Leonard Cohenampampamp8212thirtynine years old famous unhappy and at a creative dead endampampamp8212traveled to the chaos and bloodshed of the Sinai desert when Egypt attacked Israel on the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur. Moving around the front with a group of local musicians Cohen sang for hundreds of young soldiers men and women at the worst moment of their lives.