by Spike Milligan · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007155118
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«The Essential Spike Milligan» is the posthumous anthology of texts by Spike Milligan, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (352 pages, in English).
The volume brings together a wide sample of Spike Milligan's output: passages from his memoirs about World War II (Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Goodbye Soldier, Puckoon), scripts from The Goon Show, letters, writings on depression and children's poetry such as Unspun Socks for a Chicken's Laundry. It includes a foreword by Eddie Izzard.
The collection was edited by Alexander Games, with a foreword by Eddie Izzard; the work was published in 2003.
Intended for those approaching Spike Milligan for the first time and for followers of The Goon Show who want a wide selection of Milligan's work.
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Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan was an Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life.
