Hidden Words: Collected Poems

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Spike Milligan’s Hidden Words: Collected Poems is an emotional, surprising collection of tender(ish) moments.The complete poems of Spike Milligan, Hidden Words consists of three individual volumes now collected together (SMALL DREAMS OF A SCORPION, OPEN HEART UNIVERSITY and THE MIRROR RUNNING) as well as a number of previously unpublished poems. The famously funny and rude poems are there, as well as a number of darker poems written during the war.’Milligan is the Great God to all of us’ John Cleese ‘The Godfather of Alternative Comedy’ Eddie Izzard ‘That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man’ Stephen Fry 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.

Additional information

Weight 0.2 kg
Dimensions 1.5 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Language

Pages

192

publisher

Year Published

1997-12-4

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0140587888

About The Author

Spike Milligan was born in India in 1918, and was the star of the infamous Goon Shows. He has written many books, including a series of humorous war memoirs and most recently a number of re-workings of famous books.

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