Gunner Milligan, 954024
1995
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Spike Milligan's acclaimed recollections of his part in Hitler's downfall Spike Milligan was born in India in 1918. He is most famous as an author, script-writer and actor in both films and broadcasting including the infamous Goon Show. He has written over sixty books, including his incomparable volumes of war memoirs. Most recently, Penguin has published his witty re-workings of the Bible and Lady Chatterley's Lover; Wuthering Heights is forthcoming. This volume comprises an extract from Milligan's War.
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Author
Spike Milligan
Author · 53 books
Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan, known as Spike, was a comedian, writer and musician. He was of Irish descent, but spent most of his childhood in India and lived most of his later life in England, moving to Australia after retirement. He is famous for his work in The Goon Show, children's poetry and a series of comical autobiographical novels about his experiences serving in the British Army in WWII. Spike Milligan suffered from bipolar disorder, which led to depression and frequent breakdowns, but he will be remembered as a comic genius. His tombstone reads 'I told you I was ill' in Gaelic.
