The Great Mcgonagall Scrap 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: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Step into the gloriously chaotic world of William McGonagall — widely celebrated as the worst poet in the English language — through the irreverent lens of comedy genius Spike Milligan and collaborator Jack Hobbs. The Great McGonagall Scrap Book is a riotous, scrapbook-style celebration of the legendary Scottish poet and tragedian, compiled to accompany the cult film of the same name, weaving together press cuttings, illustrations, anecdotes, and comic commentary to resurrect McGonagall's wonderfully calamitous artistic legacy. Milligan's anarchic wit is the perfect vehicle for immortalising a man whose earnest artistic ambition was matched only by his breathtaking lack of conventional talent, and the result is a book that is simultaneously affectionate and uproarious. Much like McGonagall's own verse, this volume operates on the razor's edge between sincerity and absurdity, offering readers a window into Victorian eccentricity filtered through the sharp, surrealist humour of the Goon Show era. Will McGonagall's genius — or lack thereof — finally be vindicated? The answer, much like his poetry, is magnificently unpredictable.
Author: Spike Milligan And Jack Hobbs
Format: Paperback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Step into the gloriously chaotic world of William McGonagall — widely celebrated as the worst poet in the English language — through the irreverent lens of comedy genius Spike Milligan and collaborator Jack Hobbs. The Great McGonagall Scrap Book is a riotous, scrapbook-style celebration of the legendary Scottish poet and tragedian, compiled to accompany the cult film of the same name, weaving together press cuttings, illustrations, anecdotes, and comic commentary to resurrect McGonagall's wonderfully calamitous artistic legacy. Milligan's anarchic wit is the perfect vehicle for immortalising a man whose earnest artistic ambition was matched only by his breathtaking lack of conventional talent, and the result is a book that is simultaneously affectionate and uproarious. Much like McGonagall's own verse, this volume operates on the razor's edge between sincerity and absurdity, offering readers a window into Victorian eccentricity filtered through the sharp, surrealist humour of the Goon Show era. Will McGonagall's genius — or lack thereof — finally be vindicated? The answer, much like his poetry, is magnificently unpredictable.