BOOK OF MERCY Title Book of Mercy Year published 1984 Publisher McClelland And Stewart Ltd., Toronto Pages 112 pages (50 "psalms") Notes ISBN Hardbound 0-7710-2206-9 ISBN Paperback 0-7710-2182-8 Summary A strikingly beautiful book of meditations, prayers, psalms, contemplative texts, which efface the author's ego in deference to a higher presence which seems in equal parts Hebrew G-d, Zen Master, and Poetic Muse.  A key book for understanding the later Cohen's commitment to monastic retreat. Summary written for The Leonard Cohen Files by professor Stephen Scobie, copyright © 1997.