Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts

By: Spike Milligan

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Synopsis: 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.With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy, leaving a legacy of influence that stretches from Monty Python's Flying Circus to the work of self-confessed acolytes such as Eddie Izzard and Stephen Fry today.Throughout his life, Milligan wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. In this ground-breaking work, Norma Farnes, his long-time manager, companion, counsellor and confidante, gathers together the loose threads, reads between the lines and draws on the full breadth of his writing to present his life in his own words: an autobiography - of sorts.From his childhood in India, through his early career as a jazz musician and sketch-show entertainer, his spells in North Africa and Italy with the Royal Artillery, to that fateful first broadcast of The Goon Show and beyond into the annals of comedy history, this is the autobiography Milligan never wrote.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 352 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780670920785
Related ISBNs:: 9780241955956
Publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:: 04/18/24
Copyrighted By:: Spike Milligan Productions Ltd
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Humor
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.