false 90591 16 In this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal. Life for Breavman is made up of dazzling colour &#8211; a series of motion pictures fed through a high-speed projector: the half-understood death of his father; the adult games of love and war, with their infinite capacity for fantasy and cruelty; his secret experiments with hypnotism; the night-long adventures with Krantz, his beloved comrade and confidant. Later, achieving literary fame as a college student, Breavman does penance through manual labour, but ultimately flees to New York. And although he has loved the bodies of many women, it is only when he meets Shell, whom he awakens to her own beauty, that he discovers the totality of love and its demands, and comes to terms with the sacrifices he must make.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 875026 1963 The Favorite Game total:367|5:119|4:131|3:97|2:18|1:2| 367 1448 535 46 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:16:08 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:16:46 -0800 2009 The novel unfolds in discrete imagistic scenes. The writing's very, forlackofabetterword, poetic: it reaches...more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Aug 21 16:52:07 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 16:54:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 11:45:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 11:50:30 -0700 2009
That was impossible with this book, because every other page I'd get flummoxed by some particularly awesome expression. That's Leonard Cohen for ...more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 0 0 false Fri Apr 03 09:19:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 06:37:14 -0700 2009
Leonard Cohen is one of my top 5 favorite music list, but I don't like his prose at all.

All of the literature in the James Joyce style of "steam of consciousness" or wh...more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 12:04:07 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 12:46:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1864347 4 1 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189400374m/1864347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1864347.The_Favorite_Game 3 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Thu Mar 06 09:41:17 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 28 07:55:03 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 18 11:12:49 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 16 17:39:27 -0800 2008
If I had stopped reading this book on page 70 I probably would have proclaimed it in my top five or something. The rest however followed. A...more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:41:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:52:45 -0700 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 0 0 false Sun Aug 23 09:49:23 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 09:51:49 -0700 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 5 0 false Sat Jan 17 08:43:46 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 09:25:20 -0800 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Thu Dec 25 10:24:24 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 10:26:01 -0800 2008 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 3 0 false Tue Jun 09 19:03:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 01:12:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:03:14 -0700 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 0 0 false Thu May 07 18:43:21 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:44:08 -0700 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 5 0 false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 05:53:07 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 22:22:47 -0700 2008 1
I was not disappointed. It is hard to tell where Cohen the poet ends and novelist begins. The story is entertaining but I found myself ...more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 3 0 false Tue Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Jun 19 08:42:32 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 08:42:32 -0700 2008 Los hermosos vencidos. Aunque la crítica se queda con la otra, a mí la que de verdad me gustó fue ésta. Con ciertos tintes autobiográficos...more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 21:31:56 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 09:47:41 -0800 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Tue Jun 30 09:08:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:09:09 -0700 2009 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 3 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:32:19 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:37:33 -0800 2008 1 him . Very blatantly so, especially if you know anything of Cohen's history o...more...]]> 1291837 0771022018 9780771022012 6 3 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182542900m/1291837.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1291837.The_Favourite_Game 5 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:51:51 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 05 23:40:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 90591 1400033624 9781400033621 331 41 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221761105m/90591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90591.The_Favorite_Game 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 05:57:13 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 12:00:49 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1281343