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Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen
A Search for Serenity in the Sun
by Roger Green
ISBN: 0465027598
ISBN-13: 9780465027590
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Basic Books
Published date: 2003
Size: 6.25 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.04 pounds
Pages: 224
Publisher's Notes
On an idyllic Greek island, the garden of sixties icon Leonard Cohen inspires a poet to question and ultimately celebrate the meaning of his own life.
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