The inside front cover and first page of David Markson’s copy of The World of Odysseus by M. I. Finley:

     On which Markson wrote his last name as an inscription, in addition to the city in which the book was purchased, “NYC.”

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     The world of Odysseus.

     The world of Ulysses.

     The world of Odysseus and Ulysses is mentioned throughout Markson’s novels.

     “Possibly I should point out that Odysseus and Ulysses were the same person. For some reason the Romans changed his name.”
     – David Markson, Wittgenstein’s Mistress, pg. 82.