According to Penguin Random House, "the poems in Book of Mercy brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt and trust.

Speaking from the heart of the modern world, yet in tones that resonate with an older devotional tradition, these verses give voice to our deepest, most powerful intuitions.

"[3]"It was written during an intense moment of reassessment of his life and art and remains his sole effort to publish a book of psalms.

Book of Mercy allows us to witness the struggle of a soul engaged in what Cohen described as 'a sacred kind of conversation.'

The reputation of this meditative collection has grown steadily, and the book is now widely considered one of the finest compilations of confession and spiritual longing ever written.