Pure Drivel
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Overview
The brilliantly funny New York Times Bestseller!
Steve Martin’s talent has always defied definition: a seasoned actor, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright, and, of course, the ingenious comedian who turned King Tut into a national craze. In this widely praised collection of humorous riffs, Martin shows he is a master of the written word.
From a re-imagining of the Schroedinger’s Cat conundrum to a wild meditation on who Lolita would be at age fifty to a skit entitled "I Love Loosely", in which Lucy and Ricky Ricardo play the parts of Hillary and President Clinton, this collection by comic genius Steve Martin--some pieces of which have appeared in The New Yorker--is both hilariously funny and intelligent in its skewering of the topic at hand.
Steve Martin’s talent has always defied definition: a seasoned actor, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright, and, of course, the ingenious comedian who turned King Tut into a national craze. In this widely praised collection of humorous riffs, Martin shows he is a master of the written word.
From a re-imagining of the Schroedinger’s Cat conundrum to a wild meditation on who Lolita would be at age fifty to a skit entitled "I Love Loosely", in which Lucy and Ricky Ricardo play the parts of Hillary and President Clinton, this collection by comic genius Steve Martin--some pieces of which have appeared in The New Yorker--is both hilariously funny and intelligent in its skewering of the topic at hand.
"Pure fun."—Newsweek
"Like the fuzzy little puff of marabou on the instep of a coquette’s satin bedroom slipper... Martin’s book of diminutive, often hilarious essays [is]...effortless and silly even as it’s subtly erudite."—Salon
"Martin is a gorgeous writer capable of being at once melancholy and tart, achingly innocent and astonishingly ironic. He is a master at revealing the surreal poetry in pure drivel."—Elle
- Title: Pure Drivel
- Author: Steve Martin
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780306836572, 9780786864676, 0786864672, 0306836572
- Resource ID: LLS:9780306836572
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T05:39:23Z