Springer's Progress [Paperback]

David Markson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1977)
• ASIN: B000O93BFS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars Not Enough, February 22, 2000

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This review is from: Springer's Progress: A Novel (Paperback)

An amazing book. As Lucien Springer lurks anent the maidens' sh**teries, so should we all. Totally unlike anything written before it, by a Lowry/Gaddis/Joyce scholar. Rewards rereadings, giving pleasure on every page. And did I mention that it's a love story? Markson will have you playing 'spot the literary reference' even as he has guessing at the inhabitants of the Lion's Head (?) Bar...and readers can't help but want to meet a Jessica for their own ramblings.

A book that deserves to be read. Repeatedly. And did I mention that it's laugh-out-loud funny?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Springer's No Pilgrim!, March 8, 2008

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This review is from: Springer's Progress (Paperback)

This book was enjoyable - some of the time. It was annoying - some of the time. It was funny - some of the time. It was clever - some of the time. The only things it was about all of the time were sex, redundancy, and obsession.

Summary: think about sex; have sex; drink; lie about sex; think about sex while drinking. Repeat for 234 pages.

I am glad I read it and will read more Markson for the cleverness. I won't read this book again. I got it the first time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Joyce, March 17, 2006

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John Cullom (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Springer's Progress: A Novel (Paperback)

This is a placeholder review until I finish this (possibly in an hour), but I saw an average of 3 stars because some moron gave a 1 star review and this is not the most widely read book. It should be. Every page reads like the happy moments of Ulysses. Five stars are too few, this is perfect, and yet it breaks 3 of my cardinal rules for novels.

1. Do not put the protagonist's last name in the title in some sort of lame pun (e.g. Last of the Savages)
2. The main character cannot be a writer himself (e.g. everything by Stephen King)
3. Cheating on the spouse is not to be dismissed out of hand as the only obvious course of action.

And yet, who can put this down? Vote for Springer!