David Markson

American writer (1927-2010) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 82

David Merrill Markson was an American novelist. He was the author of several postmodern novels, including Springer's Progress, Wittgenstein's Mistress, Reader's Block and This Is Not a Novel. His final book, The Last Novel, published in 2007, was called "a real tour de force" by The New York Times.

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