David Markson is the author of five novels, including Springer's Progress, Wittgenstein's Mistress, and Reader's Block. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Salon Book Award. He lives in New York City.
"""A very contemporary, very literate record of despair: all of it in fact seems to be taking place in darkness, in shadows, in the rain, or in the secret criminal places of the heart. . . supremely successful."""