Mussolini
His Part in My Downfall
$27.04
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2012
Summary
Reissued for the first time since publication, Volume Four of Spike Milligan’s outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.
“A voice is calling across the land, ‘Bombardier Milligan.’” “Bombadier Milligan is dead,” I replied in a disguised voice. The voice replied, “Then he’s going to miss his breakfast.”
The fourth volume of Spike Milligan’s legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 (‘The ship tou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241958124 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241958121 |
| Author: | Spike Milligan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Spike Milligan War Memoirs |
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Critics Review
The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read
The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read * Sunday Express *
Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics … throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes * Daily Mail *
Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar * Sunday Times *
Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense * Guardian *
Milligan is the Great God to all of us – John Cleese
The Godfather of Alternative Comedy – Eddie Izzard
That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man – Stephen Fry
Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal – Terry Wogan
A totally original comedy writer – Michael Palin
About The Author
Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children’s stories.
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