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Jul 30, 2013 · Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Excerpts from 'Cruel Shoes' – Steve Martin. Wrong Number. One day I called someone up and got the wrong number. I apologized profusely but then realized that just an apology was not enough. I offered some money as a partial compensation and threw in some stocks and bonds at the last minute.
Carlo spoke wearily, "Well, that's every pair of shoes in the place." "Oh, you must have one more pair..." "No, not one more pair... Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want..." Anna interrupted, "Oh yes, let me see the cruel shoes!" Carlo looked incredulous. "No Anna, you don't understand, you see the cruel shoes are..." "Get them!"
Cruel Shoes is a collection of essays and short stories by Steve Martin and is also the title of one of the essays included, a satirical short-short story about a woman in a shoe store.
- 179
- Steve Martin
- 1977 (limited edition), June, 1979 (1st trade hardcover printing)
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
Mar 27, 2005 · Cruel Shoes is a collection of short absurdist bits with titles like “Women Without Bones,” “How to Fold Soup,” “What to Say When the Dogs Show Up,” and “The Gift of the Magi Indian Giver.” None of the pieces is more than a few hundred words long.
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Jan 1, 1977 · Cruel Shoes. Steve Martin. 3.69. 3,096 ratings277 reviews. With Cruel Shoes, Steve Martin proves that his humor more than translates to the written page; it excels there. Since he has always written his own material, books are a natural medium for Steve's comic genius.
