Pure Drivel by Steve Martin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Pure Drivel
Book Review: funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I've only read what's in this book when the pieces appeared in the New Yorker. And those pieces were 100 times better than Woody Allen's New Yorker pieces. Steve Martin's rare and special talent as a humorist is well realized in these.Book Review: I would have to forgo novelette and use novel-lite.
Summary: 2 Stars
While presenting an amusing set of ancedotes (most in the Nicholas Baker rather than predected Steve Martin vein), there just does not seem to be enough here to justify a book. If these short collections could have been wrapped in an insight into the author (which there is not any of), then they may have come across as a body of work large enough to stand alone by that illustrious title "book".Book Review: Steve Martin is funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know any other writer who combines their intelligence and wit together so well. Each little story not only is funny, but stylistically different. In other words, there are laughs coming from all over the place. And since each story is different, you never see it coming, and that is what makes Steve Martin so great. So disregard the two-star review before me.Book Review: Truly a great piece of comedic work
Summary: 5 Stars
Martin's wit runs rampid throughout this entire book. His sections on writing, Mensa, Walter Matthau, drug warning labels, and life truly lead to knee-slapping laughter.Book Review: "Pure Drivel" is an exploration of the power of wit.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been an avid fan of Steve Martin for years; I was practically raised on his "Saturday Night Live" appearances. When the opportunity presented itself, I was priveleged to view his play, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" during it's first run in L.A. A man whom I had regarded before as a simple, talented funnyman instantly became a comic guru. His poignant and insightful views on aging, the nature of intelligence and wit, and art itself were works of a matured genius. So, when "Pure Drivel" turned up on the bookshelf, I grabbed it immediately. Although intentionally lighter fare than his astounding play, this book is by no means less impressive. Martin is able to toy with our expectations as readers; he follows purely impish material with complex insight into human nature and writing. His conclusion especially, will turn the reader's attention to an often overlooked participant in the process of reviewing literature. In conclusion, "Pure Drivel" is a delightful express train to the center of Martin's true comic genius.