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Lädt ... Spike Milligan: Man of Letters (2013)von Spike Milligan, Norma Farnes (Herausgeber)
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.   ) Superenigmatix | Jan 16, 2016 |  If there’s a problem with the book though, I’d say it’s with the editing. The material just doesn’t seem very well organised. It is split into lots of chapters each with a different topic, which works quite well, but the letters aren’t always arranged well within these. Letters jump backwards and forwards through the years from one page to the next, and at one point Spike’s reply to a letter is printed on the page before we see the letter he was replying to. Farnes occasionally puts notes in, but not very often, and there’s many times when a letter will refer to things without us having a clue as to what they are with nothing to explain this. It’s Milligan’s sense of humour that makes this a book still worth reading though. Some of my favourite moments include his writing to a tea company asking what they did with the corners when they switched from square to round teabags and apologising for not being able to attend an event due to having been dead for 24 years. The fact that he consistently referred to his publisher, Dick Douglas, as Doug Dickless also amused me far more than it should have done. Overall, it’s an interesting insight into Milligan’s personality, but it’s a shame it wasn’t better organised. 2  valkyrdeath | Apr 24, 2014 |  decore | Apr 6, 2014 | Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Spike Milligan's letters reveal the private man behind public the mask . . . As well as being one of the twentieth-century's greatest comics, Spike Milligan was one of its most prolific correspondents, writing tens of thousands of letters over the course of the six decades of his career. Unlike his scripts, poetry, fiction or even his memoirs, these letters show his talent raw and unvarnished - irreverent, often brazen, sometimes cutting, frequently outrageous -- a reflection of his complex personality. Spike Milligan- Man of Letterspresents a rich selection of the funniest and most revealing of his missives - most have never been seen before. Here is correspondence with the most famous politicians, actors, celebrities and rock stars of his day, which takes the reader behind the scenes in his wrangles with producers, publishers, editors and his impervious manager/agent. It also includes letters to a host of unlikely individuals on some surprising subjects- rounded teabags ('what did you do with the corners?'), backless hospital gowns ('beyond my comprehension'), heartfelt apologies ('pardon me for being alive') and the pressing issue of the imbalance of male and female ducks in London's parks. Here, then, is the real Spike- obsessive, rude, generous and relentlessly witty. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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