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A review by hm29168
This Is Not a Novel by David Markson
4.0
When I got to the third page and read "Plotless. Characterless. // Yet seducing the reader into turning the pages nonetheless", I knew I had to keep reading.
Overall, it's a bunch of meta nonsense, list of writer deaths, comments of writers about other writers, and anecdotes. Partway through the book, I realized that part of the reason that I was so enraptured by it was because 1) it was a trivia book and 2) I was getting the references and laughing at them. Definitely could read as rather pretentious, but as someone who likes books and self-reference, it was alright.
Overall, it's a bunch of meta nonsense, list of writer deaths, comments of writers about other writers, and anecdotes. Partway through the book, I realized that part of the reason that I was so enraptured by it was because 1) it was a trivia book and 2) I was getting the references and laughing at them. Definitely could read as rather pretentious, but as someone who likes books and self-reference, it was alright.