num_pages: 144
description: 'A mix of urbane wit and surreal extrapolations - Douglas Adams meets Flann O'Brien' IndependentWho 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.
language: English
title: Pure Drivel
titlecomplete: Pure Drivel
genres: Audiobook, Essays, Short Stories, American, Literary Fiction, Collections, Comedy, Anthologies, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 7565
publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )