Spike Milligan's version of Black Beauty, the horse that bites, kicks, swears, and enjoys drinking whisky. His cynicism protects him from a cruel world, until good fortune promises a secure future and a happy ending.
Spike Milligan's version of Black Beauty, the horse that bites, kicks, swears, and enjoys drinking whisky. His cynicism protects him from a cruel worl...
Hidden Words comprises Spike Milligan's three previously published books of poetry for adults: Small Dreams of a Scorpion, Open Heart University, and The Mirror Running, together with many previously unpublished and recent poems.
Hidden Words comprises Spike Milligan's three previously published books of poetry for adults: Small Dreams of a Scorpion, Open Heart University, and ...
Puckoon, Spike Milligan's first novel bursts at the seams with superb comic characters involved in unbelievably likely troubles on the Irish border. It's 1924 and the Boundary Commission is deciding on the new line between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. With much pushing and shoving, the border finds it's way down the middle of Puckoon, dividing house from outhouse, man from wife, and pub chairs from bars.
Puckoon, Spike Milligan's first novel bursts at the seams with superb comic characters involved in unbelievably likely troubles on the Irish border. I...
The Bible According to Spike Milligan is an irreverent but very funny spoof of The Old Testament in which, in his own inimitable fashion, Spike Milligan gives his version of the best known biblical stories. In the Bible, according to Spike Milligan: "In the beginning God created the Heaven and Earth and darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at Lots Road Power Station...And God said 'Let there be light'." 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard 'That...
The Bible According to Spike Milligan is an irreverent but very funny spoof of The Old Testament in which, in his own inimitable fashion, Spike Millig...
Throughout his life, Spike Milligan wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. In this work, Norma Farnes, his long-time manager and confidante, draws on the full breadth of his writing to present his life in his own words.
Throughout his life, Spike Milligan wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely ...
Offers an account of author's time in the army during World War Two that begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured').
Offers an account of author's time in the army during World War Two that begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched ...
Offers an account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two that sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp.
Offers an account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two that sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to...
