PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY, THE: A NOVELLA
by Steve Martin
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Author: Steve MartinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2004-10-06
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Hyperion
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Book Review: A Sweet Little Story
Summary: 4 Stars
I think those who go into this book (which I actually did by 'audio' during my hellacious commute) thinking 'it's written by Steve Martin: it'll be funny' are making a mistake. For the first quarter of the story, I thought the same thing - and mistakenly thought 'Steve Martin is making fun of someone with these mental challenges'. Wrong!
This is a charming little story about someone whose mental challenges are never defined, but he certainly suffers from OCD. He's also a mathematical genius. His trains of thought are sometimes humorous, but I never laughed out loud.
Daniel's story reminded me of A Confederacy of Dunces and The Catcher in the Rye in that all three stories are about young men who are profoundly alienated from society. Daniel, at least, is trying to take steps to overcome his compulsions and join society...
I listened to Martin's Born Standing Up just before PLEASURE and heard a bit of auto-biography in it as well. The incident Daniel relates from his childhood of his father beating him (and the resulting alienation of father and son) is almost word for word from BORN. Martin is also a Texan who moves to California. Where he got the rest of the story is anyone's guess.
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