Where Have All the Bullets Gone?: Spike Milligan War Memoirs
Autor Spike Milliganen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2012
'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate."'
The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances ...
'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar'Sunday Times
'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
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 legendaryGoon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as 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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241958131
ISBN-10: 024195813X
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Spike Milligan War Memoirs
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024195813X
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Spike Milligan War Memoirs
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
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
as
on
stage
and
screen
and
as
the
author
of
over
eighty
books
of
fiction,
memoir,
poetry,
plays,
cartoons
and
children's
stories.
Recenzii
The
most
irreverent,
hilarious
book
about
the
war
that
I
have
ever
read
Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics ... throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes
Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar
Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense
Milligan is the Great God to all of us
The Godfather of Alternative Comedy
That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man
Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal
A totally original comedy writer
Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics ... throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes
Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar
Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense
Milligan is the Great God to all of us
The Godfather of Alternative Comedy
That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man
Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal
A totally original comedy writer