THE INSIGHT INTO THE ENIGMA

‘Hallelujah!’ we hear you say. Or was that a ‘Hell, no’? Even if you’re not a fan, a previously unpublished novel by Leonard Cohen, the towering late bard of song, is an event. As you might expect, A Ballet of Lepers — written in 1956 — isn’t a right laugh, what with it being about a toxic grandson-grandfather relationship, but it’s a brilliant peek into the young mind of an unfathomable genius. Out 11 Oct, £20 (Canongate)