Transports Of Delight
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few comic writers in the English language have matched the anarchic brilliance of Spike Milligan, and Transports of Delight stands as one of his most gleefully irreverent collections. This volume gathers Milligan's absurdist poetry and verse, united by the theme of transport — from bicycles to buses, rockets to rickshaws — each poem a wild, careening journey through wordplay, nonsense, and sharp satirical wit. With the energy of a man leaping through space on a unicycle, Milligan transforms the mundane mechanics of getting from A to B into a theatre of the ridiculous. Rooted in the same surreal tradition that made The Goon Show a cultural landmark, this collection illustrates Milligan's unique genius for colliding the childlike with the cutting, the silly with the profound. His verse is deceptively simple — bouncing with internal rhymes and comic timing — yet beneath the laughter lies a keen, melancholic eye for the absurdities of modern life. Whether you're a lifelong devotee or a first-time reader, these poems will send you hurtling through Milligan's universe, and you may never look at a bus stop the same way again.
Author: Spike Milligan
Format: Paperback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few comic writers in the English language have matched the anarchic brilliance of Spike Milligan, and Transports of Delight stands as one of his most gleefully irreverent collections. This volume gathers Milligan's absurdist poetry and verse, united by the theme of transport — from bicycles to buses, rockets to rickshaws — each poem a wild, careening journey through wordplay, nonsense, and sharp satirical wit. With the energy of a man leaping through space on a unicycle, Milligan transforms the mundane mechanics of getting from A to B into a theatre of the ridiculous. Rooted in the same surreal tradition that made The Goon Show a cultural landmark, this collection illustrates Milligan's unique genius for colliding the childlike with the cutting, the silly with the profound. His verse is deceptively simple — bouncing with internal rhymes and comic timing — yet beneath the laughter lies a keen, melancholic eye for the absurdities of modern life. Whether you're a lifelong devotee or a first-time reader, these poems will send you hurtling through Milligan's universe, and you may never look at a bus stop the same way again.