Product Description

The second volume of Mr Milligan's reminiscences of World War II.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5211 in Books
• Published on: 1974-03-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
Spike Milligan was born at Ahmednagar in India in 1918. He received his first education in a tent in the Hyderabad Sindh desert and graduated from there, through a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and England, to the Lewisham Polytechnic. He then plunged into the world of Show Business, seduced by his first stage appearance, at the age of eight, in the nativity play of his Poona convent school. He began his career as a band musician, but has since become famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992.

Customer Reviews

A wonderful war memoir...
A very quick and surprisingly engrossing book. ROMMEL is just as good if not better than its predecessor, Adolf hitler: My Part in His downfall. Milligan does a fantastic job of juggling the humor and the tragedy without overwhelming the reader with the events of the times. His sad nostalgia isn't as pronounced as it is in DOWNFALL, but it is there, as he does take time out from reminiscing to hammer out a paragraph about how he longs for the old days. His writing makes those who never experienced it long for it as well.

Mr Milligan defeats Rommel.
This is not only a masterful war memoir but also terrifically funny as are the others in this series. My only criticism is that none of Mr Milligan's books are published in the US, which says a great deal about the depth of American culture.

READ THIS BOOK NOW!
This is the funniest book I have ever read. A totally belivable account of World War 2 seen through the eyes of Spike Milligan. Ever since I read this I have been trying to get the other three books, and I imagine you will too.