A Book Of Bits Or A Bit Of A Book
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the gloriously unhinged mind of one of Britain's most beloved comic geniuses comes A Book of Bits or A Bit of a Book, a deliriously entertaining collection that defies easy categorisation and revels in its own magnificent chaos. Spike Milligan — co-creator of The Goon Show and poet laureate of the absurd — presents a riotous miscellany of verse, prose, cartoons, and comic sketches that careen between sharp social satire and surreal nonsense with the effortless genius of a man who simply could not be conventional if he tried. This collection stands as a testament to Milligan's singular voice: anarchic, tender, politically irreverent, and achingly funny in equal measure. His writing dismantles the pretensions of post-war British life with a wit so sharp it draws blood, yet always with an underlying warmth that kept generations of readers devoted. For those who have never encountered Milligan's written work, this volume is an irresistible entry point; for longtime admirers, it is further proof that the man who declared I told you I was ill was perhaps the sanest person in the room all along.
Author: Spike Milligan
Format: Paperback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the gloriously unhinged mind of one of Britain's most beloved comic geniuses comes A Book of Bits or A Bit of a Book, a deliriously entertaining collection that defies easy categorisation and revels in its own magnificent chaos. Spike Milligan — co-creator of The Goon Show and poet laureate of the absurd — presents a riotous miscellany of verse, prose, cartoons, and comic sketches that careen between sharp social satire and surreal nonsense with the effortless genius of a man who simply could not be conventional if he tried. This collection stands as a testament to Milligan's singular voice: anarchic, tender, politically irreverent, and achingly funny in equal measure. His writing dismantles the pretensions of post-war British life with a wit so sharp it draws blood, yet always with an underlying warmth that kept generations of readers devoted. For those who have never encountered Milligan's written work, this volume is an irresistible entry point; for longtime admirers, it is further proof that the man who declared I told you I was ill was perhaps the sanest person in the room all along.