tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750601976843429146.post5916805112576695968..comments2024-01-25T09:38:39.998+10:00Comments on Lady Godiva and Me: Anti Blurb wars part threeLiam Guilarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04031376624826567522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750601976843429146.post-31634641060003494952010-01-15T16:27:27.679+10:002010-01-15T16:27:27.679+10:00Thanks for the link.
Nice site.
His glib answers ...Thanks for the link.<br />Nice site.<br /> His glib answers match the tone of the book. To end a biography with a chapter called In conclusion, which raises the question "How great is leonard Cohen?" seems dodgy but it's sad because he obviously hasn't got the tools to answer his own question. A rag bag of commonplace, second hard opinion and one liners doesn't do justice to the subject and the glibness just gets in the way.<br />Coleridge said good criticism tells the readers what they couldn't work out for themselves. This gets nowhere near that. <br />Interesting to compare with Harper's "Dazzling Stranger" which probably has a much smaller potential audience, (hands up everyone who's heard of Bert Jansch), but is a fine biography.Liam Guilarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04031376624826567522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750601976843429146.post-71432175606592624942010-01-13T22:54:22.944+10:002010-01-13T22:54:22.944+10:00Serendipitously, I posted on this same biography y...Serendipitously, I posted on this same biography yesterday at <a href="http://1heckofaguy.com/2010/01/11/exclusive-qa-with-tim-footman-author-of-new-leonard-cohen-biography/" rel="nofollow">Exclusive Q&A With Tim Footman, Author Of New Leonard Cohen Biography</a>. One of the issues raised was the blurb, which, in addition to content mentioned already, also implies the book contains inside information about a forthcoming Leonard Cohen album (it doesn't). Tim Footman responded that the blurb was a press release which “was written well before I delivered the copy, and was nowt to do with me. He’s [Cohen has] written some songs. He’s done some recordings. That’s all I know… .” The demands of publication schedules notwithstanding, it seems counterproductive to the publisher's and author's reputations in the long run, as well as patently ludicrous, to write an ostensible description of an as yet unwritten book.DrHGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03753729929421819357noreply@blogger.com