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<p><b>VOLUME TWO OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A OUTRAGEOUS, </b><b>HILARIOUS WW2 MEMOIRS</b><br><br><b>'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' </b><b><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><b><br>'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' <i>Sunday Times</i><br></b>______________<br><br><i>'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.'</i><br><i>'That's how I got in, sir.'</i><br><i>'Didn't we all.'<br></i><br>The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering ('We had been standing by vehicles for an hour and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently'), psychological toughening ('If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it') and living dangerously ('no underwear!'). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them . . .<br>______________<br><br><b>'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' </b><b><i>Sunday Express</i></b><br><b>'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese</b><br><b><br>'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard<br><br>'A totally original comedy writer' Michael Palin<br><br>'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' <i>Guardian</i></b></p> <p><b>VOLUME TWO OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A OUTRAGEOUS, </b><b>HILARIOUS WW2 MEMOIRS</b><br><br><b>'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' </b><b><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><b><br>'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' <i>Sunday Times</i><br></b>______________<br><br><i>'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.'</i><br><i>'That's how I got in, sir.'</i><br><i>'Didn't we all.'<br></i><br>The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering ('We had been standing by vehicles for an hour and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently'), psychological toughening ('If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it') and living dangerously ('no underwear!'). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them . . .<br>______________<br><br><b>'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' </b><b><i>Sunday Express</i></b><br><b>'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese</b><br><b><br>'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard<br><br>'A totally original comedy writer' Michael Palin<br><br>'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' <i>Guardian</i></b></p>