Ebook: 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': a Confrontation in the Desert
Author: Milligan Spike
- Tags: Authors English, Authors English--20th century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs, Comedians, Comedians--Great Britain, Humour, Second World War, Soldiers, Soldiers--Great Britain, World War 1939-1945, Biographies, Humor, Personal narratives, Milligan Spike -- 1918-2002, World War 1939-1945 -- Humor, World War 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives British, Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Authors English -- 20th century -- Biography, Comedians -- Great Britain -- Biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIO
- Series: Spike Milligan War Memoirs 2
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies since they first appeared.
'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
'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.' 'That's how I got in, sir.' 'Didn't we all.'
The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done:...