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Carregando... Spike Milligan: Man of Letters (2013)de Spike Milligan, Norma Farnes (Editor)
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) Superenigmatix | Jan 16, 2016 |  If there’s a problem with the book though, I’d say it’s with the editing. The material just doesn’t seem very well organised. It is split into lots of chapters each with a different topic, which works quite well, but the letters aren’t always arranged well within these. Letters jump backwards and forwards through the years from one page to the next, and at one point Spike’s reply to a letter is printed on the page before we see the letter he was replying to. Farnes occasionally puts notes in, but not very often, and there’s many times when a letter will refer to things without us having a clue as to what they are with nothing to explain this. It’s Milligan’s sense of humour that makes this a book still worth reading though. Some of my favourite moments include his writing to a tea company asking what they did with the corners when they switched from square to round teabags and apologising for not being able to attend an event due to having been dead for 24 years. The fact that he consistently referred to his publisher, Dick Douglas, as Doug Dickless also amused me far more than it should have done. Overall, it’s an interesting insight into Milligan’s personality, but it’s a shame it wasn’t better organised. 2  valkyrdeath | Apr 24, 2014 |  decore | Apr 6, 2014 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Spike Milligan's letters contain some of the best material he ever wrote . . . Collected here for the first time are the funniest, rudest and most revealing of them - most of which have never been seen before - from one of the greatest comics of the twentieth century to some of its most famous politicians, actors, celebrities and rock stars (as well as a host of unlikely individuals on some surprising subjects)- - rounded teabags ('what did you do with the corners?') - backless hospital gowns ('beyond my comprehension') - heartfelt apologies ('pardon me for being alive') and the imbalance of male and female ducks in London's parks. Here, then, is the real Spike Miligan- obsessive, rude, generous and relentlessly witty. 'Milligan's zaniness shines through' Telegraph 'The godfather of alternative comedy' Eddie Izzard Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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