Spike Milligan: Man of Letters by Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was one of the comedians of the twentieth century. Over the course of his career, he wrote over eighty books of fiction, poetry, plays, cartoons, children's stories and his war memoirs. This book presents a selection of his missives.
The legendary and iconic figure, 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 became famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. He was the creator, principal writer and performer of the infamous Goon Show. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992 and Knighthood in 2000. He died in 2002.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670923731 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670923737 |
| Title | Spike Milligan: Man of Letters |
| Author | Spike Milligan |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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