Milligan's Meaning of Life - An Autobiography of Sorts

Informationen zum Autor A 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. Over the course of his astonishing career, he wrote over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories. He was the creator, principal writer and performer of the infamous Goon Show, and went on to become one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992 and Knighthood in 2000. He died in 2002. Klappentext With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy. Throughout his life, Milligan also wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. Zusammenfassung With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy. Throughout his life, Milligan also wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth.

Product details

• Authors: Spike Milligan
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9780241955956
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95595-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; HUMOR / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: general, Autobiography: general, HISTORY / Military / World War II, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Humour, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Biography: arts & entertainment, Second World War, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military