Pure Drivel
by:
Steve Martin (author)
'It's off-the-wall, it's sharp ' he drops bizarre words, confetti-like, all over the place' Mirror Who else but Steve Martin could combine irrefutable evidence that Mars is populated by kittens with a treatise on sledgehammers? In this brilliantly witty collection of pieces Steve Martin takes a...
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'It's off-the-wall, it's sharp ' he drops bizarre words, confetti-like, all over the place' Mirror Who else but Steve Martin could combine irrefutable evidence that Mars is populated by kittens with a treatise on sledgehammers? In this brilliantly witty collection of pieces Steve Martin takes a subversive glimpse at the world and a sideways swipe at the conventional. From memory tips for the over-fifties to his insightful exposition of 'Wittgenstein's Banana', never has 'pure drivel' been so entertaining.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753813959 (0753813955)
ASIN: 0753813955
Publish date: 2003-09-04
Publisher: Phoenix Paperbacks
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Anthologies,
Adult,
Collections,
Short Stories,
Fiction
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin (?)
It baffles me how this got in the non-fiction category, but at its heart, Pure Drivel is a selection of absurd short stories, some of them verging on flash fiction. I particularly enjoyed the closing pieces about the shortage of periods in Times New Roman (the most loathed font ever), "Bad Dog" and...
My husband recommended that I read this book. He is a huge fan of Steve Martin and the dude makes him laugh like a maniac. I enjoyed this one, but I kind of like watching Steve Martin more than I like reading him.
dog walking/autumnising mp3'Writers Block is a term used by whiners enabling them to go out and get pissed'
These shorts come across almost like scripts for a Steve Martin comedy routine. They're very funny, but need to be read over the course of quite a length of time; too much at once lessens the humor.
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