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The son of an irish father and an english mother, milligan was born in india, where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the united kingdom. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st edition, 1st printing. Milligan s war is the onevolume selected edition of spike milligan s war memoirs, published to celebrate the seventieth birthday of britains funniest old soldier on 16 april 1988. Terence alan spike milligan kbe 16 april 1918 27 february 2002 was a comedian, writer and actor. Both book and the original white dust jacket are in fine. Since its founding in 1990, milligan books has skyrocketed to become the fastestgrowing black femaleowned publishing company in america. Spike milligan celebrity profile check out the latest spike milligan photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Spike milligan classic war memoirs collection 7 books set adolf. The editions we had were so well read by my spike mad husband that they were falling apart pages falling out all over the place, so this set was a surprise replacement. Though many found it to be more hit and miss than milligans earlier work, especially the goon show, it is considered by many to be one of the landmarks in british comedy.
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Terence alan milligan otherwise known as spike milligan was an irishenglish actor, playwright, poet, musician, and writer, best known for the series of comical autobiographical works documenting his experiences as a soldier in the wwii british army, childrens poetry and the highly popular tv strip, the goon show. Today is the birthday 1918 of terence alan spike milligan kbe who may be best known as the cocreator, main writer and a principal cast member of the the goon show, performing a range of roles. Spike milligan classic war memoirs collection 7 books set adolf hitler my part in his downfall. He received his first education in a tent in the hyderabad sindh desert and graduated from there. When you sit on a redhot cinder a second seems like an hour. Terrence alan spike milligan 16 april 1918 27 february 2002 was a renowned angloirish comic, poet and surrealist. Spike milligan, spike milligan spike milligan read. If you are a goon fanatic and havent got this book you will want it. The bedside milligan or read your way to insomnia by spike milligan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The spike milligan book collection 7 books oxfam gb. One of his poems, on the ning nang nong, was voted the uks favourite comic poem in 1998 in a.
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