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Mussolini

His Part in My Downfall

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Mussolini

By: Spike Milligan
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A voice is calling across the land, "Bombardier Milligan."

"Bombadier Milligan is dead," I replied in a disguised voice.

The voice replied, "Then he's going to miss his breakfast."

The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ("The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured").

After a bout of sandfly fever, from which he soon recovers ("I'm ready to be killed again"), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ("Mussolini's revenge?") before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ("We're getting near civilization"), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ("I was not really me any more")....

©2016 Spike Milligan (P)2016 Penguin Audio Entertainment & Celebrities Military Military & War Performing Arts World War II Celebrity Funny Witty War Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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Alas so true to life. Put young men under these circumstances and this is what you get as they struggle to try and make sense of the madness about them.

Madness but oh so true

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I read this book in my teens (along with the other volumes) and thoroughly enjoyed them. I even purchased them as audio tapes, so I’m obviously a huge fan.
It’s therefore remains a pleasure to listen to Spike, hearing him chuckle at reminisces from all those years ago, even though there were no surprises for me, still plenty of joy.
However, it’s also worth remembering what he and other endured. Therefore these books are also important as social history about the average soldier in WW2. RIP Spike.

Great to be in Spike’s company again.

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Spike does all the voices so well. A great insight into army life and the breakdown he had under fire

So funny and sad

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Having read the books myself, listening to the Author reading this book you can hear the laughter in his voice remembering friends and comrades from what was a dangerous time where comedy could be and was found to lighten the mood. It conveys the way Army life was, with the "Hurry up and wait" mentality and what the causes of Spike MILLIGAN's bouts of depression and PTSD.
If you like Spike's humour this and his other wartime experiences books are a must.

Spike at his best

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Spike Milligans accounts of WWII are some of the most humorous and harrowing that I have had the pleasure to enjoy. The fact that it is Spike reading the audio book greatly adds to the experiance

brilliant

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I've read and listened to lots of Second World War books and thought this may not be my cup of tea. However, I too a chance and feel like I learnt more about the lives of soldiers in war than in all the others. The tedium, the banter and laddish behaviour of normal blokes just getting through it comes through every page. Of course, Spikes sense of the ridiculous is front and centre and him laughing at his own wit is fantastic to listen to.
I listened and laughed out loud again and again but the sense of foreboding that creeps in as we near the finale is palpable. No spoilers but I wept as the events unfolded and learnt more about PTSD, trauma and human resilience than from many textbooks ro works of academic writing.
A remarkable book.

Tears of laughter

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Honest account of time served in the war, with the added humour of Spike throw in. Unbelievable what people went through to defend us!

Spike Milligan, s war account

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just the most hilarious , moving , sidesplittingly funny & poignant firsthand accounts of WW2 From Gunner Milligan.
No matter your age Spike Milligan bridges all boundaries. As funny as my first read over 30 years ago.

hilarious & poignant the incredible Spike Milligan

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Great to listen to 25 years ago... great to listen to now. Spike is special. Very special.

Simply brilliant

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There will never be another Spine Millington. God bless him and his mad Irish piles.

Utterly brilliant

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