'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'
A Confrontation in the Desert

Uproariously funny A comic genius. I read this in less than a day. He keeps you engaged all of the time. A word of warning. Don't have any drinks nearby as you're likely to spill them or choke on them from laughing. He has a rare talent of finding humour in the most trying of circumstances. It was a......more

I mean, if you can overlook the racism here then this is a pretty good book. The problem is that not everyone will be able to overlook it, and it feels like kind of a big deal here because even though it was published back in the seventies, Milligan was kind of old at the time and I guess he was of......more

Once and future dance musician, and war time Gunner, Spike Milligan Continues in Vol 2 of his war time cracked memoirs, “Rommel ? “Gunner Who?”. While Volume 1 covers his time making time, music and girl friends in England, Volume 2 has is artillery regiment in North Africa where they will eventuall......more

Spike Mulligan was a genius. I tried his airplane curse on crazy drivers and it didn't work for me either. I will always treasure the mental picture of Mulligan standing in a hole holding a bit of foliage, them having water poured on him. He was being "watered" by order of his commanding officer!......more

Not as funny as the first book but still very amusing. Some of the humour is definitely dated, Spike would probably be cancelled if he was around today, something he wouldn't have given a shit about I'm sure.......more