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Alexander Trocchi & Leonard Cohen

Alexander Trocchi & Leonard Cohen

Friendship, art, drugs and chaos

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Kenny Farquharson
Jan 17, 2025
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Alexander Trocchi shooting up heroin live on American television in the 1960s. Credit: Unknown

In preparation for a holiday on the Greek island of Hydra, I am reading I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, by Sylvie Simmons.

So far I have reached Cohen’s early 30s and I have to say my attitude to him is vacillating between admiration and irritation.

Cohe…

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