{"product_id":"milligans-meaning-of-life-9780241955956","title":"Milligans Meaning of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilligan''s Meaning of Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a glorious celebration of the legendary Spike Milligan. Here you will find his most intimate and hilarious reflections on life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy. Throughout his life, Milligan also wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. In this ground-breaking work, Norma Farnes, his long-time manager, companion, counsellor and confidante, gathers together the loose threads, reads between the lines and draws on the full breadth of his writing to present his life in his own words: an autobiography - of sorts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his childhood in India, through his early career as a jazz musician and sketch-show entertainer, his spells in North Africa and Italy with the Royal Artillery, to that fateful first broadcast of The Goon Show and beyond into the a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilligan is the Great God to all of us -- John Cleese\u003cbr\u003eThe Godfather of Alternative Comedy -- Eddie Izzard\u003cbr\u003eMy father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic. -- Spike Milligan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733377921367,"sku":"9780241955956","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241955956.jpg?v=1719999965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/milligans-meaning-of-life-9780241955956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}