The Essential Spike Milligan

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Fourth Estate, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 344 pages
When Spike Milligan died in 2002, he left behind one of the most diverse legacies in British entertainment history. His themes ranged from environmental issues to the Second World War, from nostalgia to depression. His prolific output covers some of the most evocative events of the twentieth century, with a passionate honesty that combined lyricism with lunacy. This is a posthumous anthology of his best work.

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About the author (2003)

Spike Milligan was born in 1918. In the 1950s he wrote and performed in The Goon Show with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, and in the 1960s he had success as a stage and film actor. Active into his eighties, his one-man shows were always sell-out events. Milligan received lifetime achievement awards for writing and for comedy in 2000 and 2001. He died in 2002.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Essential Spike Milligan
AuthorSpike Milligan
EditorAlexander Games
Compiled byAlexander Games
ContributorSpike Milligan
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherFourth Estate, 2003
ISBN0007155115, 9780007155118
Length344 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Military
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Humor / Form / Essays
Humor / General
Literary Collections / Essays
Literary Collections / General
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  
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