Steve Martin book deal

Follow-up novel planned

Steve Martin has signed a deal to follow up his bestselling book Shopgirl.

The short novel has sold more than 500,000 copies, and now publisher Hyperion has signed him up for a follow-up The Pleasure Of My Company.

Martin's new film Novocaine, co-starring Helena Bonham Carter, opens in the US this week.

And he's also working on a new play, entitled Underpants.

Published: 14 Nov 2001

Live comedy picks

We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.