by Humphrey Carpenter · Hodder & Stoughton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340826126
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«Spike Milligan» is the biography of comedian Spike Milligan written by Humphrey Carpenter, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback (448 pages).
The work covers the life and career of Spike Milligan, creator of The Goons and a central figure in British humour. Carpenter documents his periods of creativity and depression, his intense personal life (several marriages and children) and his influence on a whole generation of comedians.
The edition is in English and is the revised version published on 24 May 2004.
For those interested in British humour and biographies of complex artists.
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.
