<p><b>VOLUME FIVE OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2</b><br><br><b>'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard</b><br>______________<br><br> <i>'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate."'</i><br><br> <i>Where Have All the Bullets Gone?</i> sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. <br><br>But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances . . .<br> ______________<br><br><b>'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' </b><b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><b><br><br> 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese<br><br> 'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man' Stephen Fry</b></p>
<p><b>VOLUME FIVE OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2</b><br><br><b>'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard</b><br>______________<br><br> <i>'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate."'</i><br><br> <i>Where Have All the Bullets Gone?</i> sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. <br><br>But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances . . .<br> ______________<br><br><b>'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' </b><b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><b><br><br> 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese<br><br> 'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man' Stephen Fry</b></p>