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The Last Novel

The Last Novel( )
Author: Markson, David
ISBN:978-1-58243-903-7
Publication Date:May 2007
Publisher:Counterpoint Press
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
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Book Description:

In recent novels, which have been called "hypnotic,” "stunning,” and "exhilarating,” David Markson has created his own personal genre. In this new work, The Last Novel, an elderly author (referred to only as "Novelist”) announces that since this will be his final effort, he has "carte blanche to do anything he damned well pleases.” Pressed by solitude and age, Novelist's preoccupations inevitably turn to the stories of other...
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Pages:220
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Psychological
Author Biography
Markson, David (Author)
David Markson was born in Albany, New York on December 20, 1927. He received an undergraduate degree from Union College and a master's degree from Columbia University. Besides being a writer, he also worked as a journalist, book editor, and periodically as a college professor at Columbia University, Long Island University, and The New School. His works include Epitaph for a Tramp; Epitaph for a Dead Beat; This Is Not a Novel; Springer's Progress; Wittgenstein's Mistress; and The Last Novel. His novel, The Ballad of Dingus Magee, was made into a film starring Frank Sinatra entitled Dirty Dingus Magee. He was found dead on June 4, 2010 at the age of 82.

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