Leonard Cohen's "Pigskin crackling" by a sad old man

From Book 1 ('The History of Them All') of Leonard Cohen's 1966 novel 'Beautiful Losers'. This reading, Chapter 25, has been described as follows:
"The notorious 'Pigskin crackling' piece, in which explodes a tirade of stuttering longing. Love and loneliness erupt into seemingly unconnected words, demonstrating acute difficulty in stating a taboo desire. Absolutely one of the novel's many highlights."

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• Leonard Cohen
• Beautiful losers
• Pigskin crackling

[Cate360]

I really do enjoy this G., it's an excellent reading!

Thank you

[cagutlan]

@Cate360 why thank you cate :-)

[lizziecohen]

Not a shadow of a doubt that Leonard would love your reading, gx

[cagutlan]

@lizziecohen well, he has a kind and forgiving heart, i believe, so even if he didn't like my reading - there is a chance i will get away with it ;-)

[HandsInTheEarth]

I wanted to click on 'like' ! So I'm saying it instead :)

[cagutlan]

@HandsInTheEarth very appreciated :-)

[burpo]

I've walked into a Terry Zwigoff movie...

[cagutlan]

@lizziecohen am not so sure about that, but i do like that book :-)

[cagutlan]

@BushWomanOtter well, i just sat down and read it without much further ado, but if it brings you to laughter, i am flattered :-)

[BushWomanOtter]

So well done, I can't help laughing. You chose a 'unique approach' if I may be so glib. :-)

[lizziecohen]

Impressive. You're a natural with recitation and reading.