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Original Title:	The Pleasure of My Company
ISBN:	0786888016 (ISBN13: 9780786888016)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album (2005)

The Pleasure of My Company

Steve Martin

Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

Rating: 3.78 | 14972 Users | 1462 Reviews

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Daniel Pecan Cambridge, 30, 35, 38, or 27, depending on how he feels that day, is a young man whose life is rich and full, provided he never leaves his Santa Monica apartment. After all, outside there are 8-inch-high curbs and there's always the horrible chance he might see a gas station attendant wearing a blue hat. So, except for the occasional trip to the Rite Aid to admire the California girl Zandy and to buy earplugs because they're on sale, he stays home a lot. And a good thing too, or he would have never been falsely implicated in a murder, never almost seduced Philipa, never done the impossible task of jogging around the block with Brian, never ironed his pillows, and he might never have won the Most Average American essay contest. The Pleasure of My Company is the chronicle of a modern-day neurotic yearning to break free.

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Title	:	The Pleasure of My Company
Author	:	Steve Martin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	October 6th 2004 by Hachette Books (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Comedy. Contemporary. Novels. Audiobook. Adult Fiction

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So...having a whole separate world going on inside your own head is a real thing? Whew, good to know I'm not alone. What an awesome little book this was.

Initially I really could not get into this book and I was beginning to think it might be one of those that I didn't finish.I just couldn't get to grips with the main character or feel anything for him, which is perhaps what was intended. As Daniel, the main character, loses some of his obsessions and begins to interact more with 'real life' the more I began to enjoy the book and warm to him. In the end I'm glad i stuck with it. Not my favourite book, but enjoyable in the end!

I absolutely loved this book... even more so than Martin's first novel, Shopgirl. I'm pretty sure he's a genius.The narrator, Daniel, has anxieties and compulsive behaviors that are completely absurd. He has many unlikeable qualities, but he is also kind-hearted, witty, and hopeful. Martin does a great job of humanizing him so that by the end, I empathized with all of his eccentricities. I liked that the world was so tiny, rarely expanding beyond Daniel's apartment. Small things become

I have to say that after I read Shopgirl I was hesitant to give Steve Martin another try. Hesitant, but some moments of Shopgirl made me feel like I also sort of owed him. I am so glad I did. This book is obviously less meditative, and certainly more outright sappy--but I loved almost every moment of it. The difference? I loved and cared about the characters. Felt closer to them each time the main character reached just a little bit more out of his self imposed bubble. Everything worked out

The fact that Steve Martin chose a somewhat cliche scenario for this book (a protagonist with OCD whose safe, regimented life is encroached upon by "normal" people who are actually more screwed up than he is...BUT...they teach one another about love and life) only serves to show how well he can write. This is a funny, touching novel that ends up giving insight into who Steve Martin is beyond the one-dimensional comedian from vintage SNL and '80's films.It's not the best novel I've ever read (it



3.5 stars. Light, easy writing style, but at times felt unfocused. And the ending was particularly rushed.