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This third wonderful anthology from the Spike Milligan archives uncovers a wealth of previously unpublished material from one of Britain's best loved comedians.
The two previous anthologies, 'The Essential Spike Milligan' and 'The Compulsive Spike Milligan', brought together the very best of his stories, cartoons, poems and correspondence, and reminded his fans how deserved his reputation was as a wildly inventive and original comedian.
‘The Unpublished Spike Milligan’ – chosen and edited by Norma Farnes, Milligan's manager, biographer and close friend – is yet more essential and compulsive than these first two collections. It consists of the contents of 'Box 18', a file into which the highly prolific Spike would put his writing and drawings as they came to him, but which never came to be published. The book also draws on previously unseen diaries and letters. As both an original anthology and a personal legacy from a long-gone era, this is absolutely unmissable.
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'The volume does have a peculiar fascination, its tone set by the initial photograph of an elderly Milligan gripping the famous red This Is Your Life book in front of him as if it might afford some kind of defence. Much of the volume reproduces actual pages of handwriting, or handtyping. Naked script and unedited work generate a strange intimacy as one of Britain's most famously depressed and mercurial human beings bounces from mood to mood, some of them apocalyptic. It's hard not to love the ones who make us laugh. And it's hard to get enough of what we love.' A.L.Kennedy, Guardian
‘This book gives us the feeling of looking over Spike’s shoulder as he worked and is the nearest we are ever likely to get to the real Spike Milligan. It most certainly complements Norma’s earlier “Spike: An Intimate Memoir.“ Most definitely a book for all lovers of Spike’s work.’ Mike Brown, Chairman of the Goon Show Preservation Society
‘This is a book which any Spike Milligan fan pore over for hours.’ The Oldie
'For lovers of vintage British comedy.' The Gloss Magazine
A major event in humour publishing as a wide range of Spike Milligan's unpublished work is brought into the public domain for the first time in a stunningly produced volume. The two previous anthologies, "The Essential Spike Milligan" and "The Compulsive Spike Milligan", brought together the very best of his stories, cartoons, poems and correspondence, and reminded his fans how deserved his reputation was as a wildly inventive and original comedian. "The Unpublished Spike Milligan" - chosen and edited by Norma Farnes, Milligan's manager, biographer and close friend - is yet more essential and compulsive than these first two collections. It consists of the contents of "Box 18", a file into which the highly prolific Spike would put his writing and drawings as they came to him, but which never came to be published. The book also draws on previously unseen diaries and letters. As both an original anthology and a personal legacy from a long-gone era, this is absolutely unmissable.
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0007214278
- ISBN 13 9780007214273
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
- EditorFarnes Norma
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THE UNPUBLISHED SPIKE MILLIGAN Box 18
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Thus. This new copy is bound in illustrated laminated boards, The unclipped dust wrapper is also in new condition. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This third wonderful anthology from the Spike Milligan archives uncovers a wealth of previously unpublished material from one of Britain's best loved comedians. The two previous anthologies, 'The Essential Spike Milligan' and 'The Compulsive Spike Milligan', brought together the very best of his stories, cartoons, poems and correspondence, and reminded his fans how deserved his reputation was as a wildly inventive and original comedian. ?The Unpublished Spike Milligan? ? chosen and edited by Norma Farnes, Milligan's manager, biographer and close friend ? is yet more essential and compulsive than these first two collections. It consists of the contents of 'Box 18', a file into which the highly prolific Spike would put his writing and drawings as they came to him, but which never came to be published. The book also draws on previously unseen diaries and letters. As both an original anthology and a personal legacy from a long-gone era, this is absolutely unmissable. Ref D 1. Seller Inventory # 030666
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