Pg. 281 of David Markson’s copy of James Joyce: Two Decades of Criticism by Various (Ed. Seon Givens):

     On which Markson responded to Philip Toynbee’s comment:
      “I shall say nothing of the seventy-page question-and-answer section which follows, because it had become, and not unjustly, the point de mire of all hostile critics.”

      Markson responded with:
     “Damn it the ‘experiment’ works—He tries, + he brings it off—who else would dare?”

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     The section of Ulysses which Toynbee and Markson are arguing over is the “Ithaca” section.
     Which just so happens to be my favorite part of Ulysses.
     Which just so happens to be my favorite book.

     Written in the question and answer style of a catechism, I think it is the finest achievement of the finest writer who ever lived.
     High praise.

     So I’d say I obviously side with Markson here:
     Damn it, the ‘experiment’ works—He tries, + he brings it off—who else would dare?