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The Essential Spike Milligan Book

When Spike Milligan died in 2002, he left behind one of the most diverse legacies in British entertainment history - as well as a legion of devoted fans and admirers. This posthumous anthology provides a comprehensive guide to Milligan's work.Read More

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    A Spike Milligan opus containing everything from classics to hidden gems with a foreword by Eddie Izzard. When Spike Milligan died in 2002 he left behind one of the most diverse legacies in British entertainment history - as well as a legion of devoted fans and admirers. Milligan's themes ranged from environmental issues to the war from nostalgia to depression and his prolific output covers some of the most evocative events of the 20th century in a style both twistedly comic and harrowingly honest. From the pioneering lunacy of "The Goon Show" through his first novel "Puckoon" to the war memoirs that began with "Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall" Milligan wrote with a passionate honesty that combined lyricism with all-out lunacy. This posthumous anthology compiled with the co-operation of his closest circle provides a comprehensive guide to Milligan's work as well as shedding light on some less familiar areas from pre-"Goon Show" days and "Telegoons" to his "Q" series for television.

  • TheBookPeople

    A Spike Milligan opus, containing everything from classics to hidden gems, with a foreword by Eddie Izzard. This stunning anthology of Spike Milligan's work comprises of favourites from his classic books ('Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall', 'Goodbye Soldier', 'Puckoon'!) as well as scripts from the now-classic Goon Show. Interspersing such comic genius is also a touching collection of letters and his celebrated and liberating writings on depression, demonstrating the diverse talent of a man whose creative output spanned over half a century. A selection of children's poetry and writings ('Unspun Socks for A Chicken's Laundry', 'A Book of Milliganimals', 'Silly Verse for Kids' and much more) reveals Spike's irresistible connection with the childlike imagination and a brillant sense of the ridiculous. All the favourite and funniest stories are there. For those who want an excellent introduction to the mind of Milligan or a welcome return to a much-loved genius, this is the ultimate Milligan reader.

  • BookDepository

    The Essential Spike Milligan : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007155118 : 0007155115 : 02 Jun 2003 : A Spike Milligan opus, containing everything from classics to hidden gems, with a foreword by Eddie Izzard.

  • Pickabook

    Spike Milligan, Alexander Games, Eddie Izzard (Foreword)

  • 0007155115
  • 9780007155118
  • Spike Milligan
  • 2 June 2003
  • Fourth Estate
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • 1st
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