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Title: Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall by Spike Milligan ISBN: 0-14-003520-6 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: January, 1975 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $1.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Funny, and yet so sad
Comment: I'm usually not one to read autobios, but since it is Spike Milligan I made the exception. It was funny, just as I expected it to be, but there were parts that were very moving and sad; as should be expected I suppose for a WWII novel. His accounts of the absurd are always dead on hilarious, and I found myself reading a passage over and over and just cracking up.
I knew that Spike suffered from depression, and I think in parts it was very apparent. The places that are especially poignant are when he relates a humorous tale, and then explain how he visited the place years later, and how the memories are too much for him to bear. In one particular paragraph he laments: "Oh, Yesterday, how you plague me!"
I love Spike Milligan and his comedy, and have read several run-of-the-mill internet bios on him but his own biography really brings him to life. A great read!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent war memoirs
Comment: I've now read all of Spike Milligan's war memoirs and think they're excellent (I'm also not a big fan of the Goons). While generally very funny you can really sense his depressive moods even at times when he's not explicit about them.
Rating: 5
Summary: A British friend gave me the paperback.
Comment: And I haven't stopped laughing. I had never heard of Spike Milligan before, but I found his book funny in a way that only the Brits can be, and touching with many moving parts about the war from a crazy man's perspective. I have since read five other Spike Milligan books, and none of them were a disappointment. Seeing WWII from Spike's point of view is realistic, funny, and very thought provoking. My British friend told me he (Spike) was crazy. At first I thought that was just a saying, but it's true. Spike is mentally defunct, in a very happy and bubbly kind of way. You will enjoy this book.
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Title: The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox ISBN: 0312264100 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 05 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane ISBN: 0140247602 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Puckoon by Spike Milligan ISBN: 0140023747 Publisher: Penguin Uk Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Bible the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan ISBN: 0140239707 Publisher: Penguin Uk Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf ISBN: 0156901773 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1963 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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