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| Title | : | Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert (War Memoirs #2) |
| Author | : | Spike Milligan |
| Book Format | : | paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 209 pages |
| Published | : | 1976 by Penguin Books (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Humor. Biography. Nonfiction. History. War. Autobiography. Comedy |
Spike Milligan
paperback | Pages: 209 pages Rating: 4.16 | 2095 Users | 65 Reviews
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The second volume in Milligan's war memoirs concentrates on his time in North Africa. This volume is more poignant than the first but that was inevitable, really, as his friends started to be killed.One passage has him describing some typically zany Goon-type humour with one of his mates in his outfit and then he slams it shut with the sentence 'He had eight days left of his young life left to live.' You can't help thinking 'well, fuck'.
Speaking of bad language, Milligan really ramps up the casual use of racist, sexist and homophobic language in this one. While this is undeniably period-accurate, and I wouldn't criticise him for using it for the sake of authenticity, I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me a little. I guess you can take the guy out of the 21st century but you can't take the 21st century out of the guy.
The laughs are just as abundant, though, and I was still laughing uproariously throughout. At two days per book, I'm going to be done with this series in no time!
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| Original Title: | Rommel? Gunner Who?: A Confrontation in the Desert |
| ISBN: | 0140041079 (ISBN13: 9780140041071) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | War Memoirs #2 |
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Like the war, the longer it went on, the more miserable it got. I don't mean that in a bad way; unlike some mis-lit, this feels a lot more genuine, a lot more balanced. Milligan hasn't quite hit the depths from which he emerged a bipolar genius, but the cracks are certainly starting to show. The optimism of the beginning of the war is starting to give way to the horror and dull terror, and through it all Spike is trying his hardest to stay somewhat sane and optimistic.Read them all they are excellent.
Spike Milligan is one of those legendary comedians who gets namechecked by lots of comedians I admire, and Im aware of his role as a co-founder of The Goons, but Ive never actually seen much of his stuff, and I havent read any of his books. So when I found this in a charity book sale, I figured it was a good excuse to try him out. This is Volume 2 (of 7) of his WW2 memoirs, covering January to May 1943, in which his artillery unit arrives in Algeria and fights its way to Tunis. Its a mix of
This is the second book in Spike Milligan's military memoirs.While the first book can be seen as a work of fond remembrance and honesty, an old man remembering his youth and the events that made him what he was, this second book feels rushed and published to cash in on the success of the first.I won't be reading any other books in this series. The original book should stand alone and should not be watered down by rushed follow ups.
Rommel Gunner Who? is the second book in a seven book series charting the experiences of Spike Milligan during and immediately after the Second World War. Born in 1919 in India to an Irish father serving in the British Indian Army and English mother, and passing away in 2002, Milligan is widely regarded as one of Britains most famous and influential comedians in the second half of the twentieth century, known for his surrealist and off-beat sketches and wise-cracks, influencing acts such as
It's surprising that a war could be fought with all the slacking going on in the British Army.So continues Spike Milligan's anarchic autobiography. This forms a much better narrative, even though it is still a framework for hanging a variety of comic set pieces.
The second volume in Milligan's war memoirs concentrates on his time in North Africa. This volume is more poignant than the first but that was inevitable, really, as his friends started to be killed.One passage has him describing some typically zany Goon-type humour with one of his mates in his outfit and then he slams it shut with the sentence 'He had eight days left of his young life left to live.' You can't help thinking 'well, fuck'.Speaking of bad language, Milligan really ramps up the
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