The Bible According to Spike Milligan
$33.71
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2016
Summary
“The Old Testament - but more mad, more merry, more… Milligan!”
“And God said, Let there be light; and there was light, but Eastern Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.”
There have been many interpretations of the Old Testament over the centuries but never one quite like this. Spike Milligan has rewritten, in his own inimitable style, many of the best-known stories of the Old Testament, featuring characters like King “my brain hurts” Sol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241978566 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241978564 |
| Author: | Spike Milligan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense
That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man – Stephen Fry
A totally original comedy writer – Michael Palin
Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense * Guardian *
Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal – Terry Wogan
About The Author
Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan was born in India in 1918, and received his first education in a tent in the Hyderabad Sindh desert. 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 has since become famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. Spike’s combined book sales total over 6 million copies, and he received an honorary CBE in 1992. He died in 2002.
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