Goodbye Soldier

by Spike Milligan

Paperback, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

817

Series

The War -- and Peace -- Memoirs (6)

Genres

Biography & Memoir

Biography

Publication

Gardners Books (1987), Paperback

Description

A LITTLE KNOWN HISTORIAL FACT- At the end of the Second World War many of our boys sustained severe attacks of entertainment at the hands of Lance-Corporal Milligan and his jazz band. Outbreaks occurred in Rome, Venice, Vienna and Krumpendorf (that well-known groin disease), and no soldier escaped the tortures that were inflicted by the Combined Services Entertainment. But while Tommy suffered, Milligan, newly demobbed, became more and more spazonkled, nay, spazonkified with Toni, the beautiful ballerina. Honestly. He's got the photographs to prove it. In Italy, in love and in civvies, could Milligan forget his native Catford? You bet your life he could! 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' - Sunday Times 'He's a very funny writer' - The Times Educational Supplement 'Spike who?' - Catford Times… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member bookmarkaussie

The 6th and final volume of Spikes Milligans autobiography. I really enjoyed this book, it's sweet and funny and sad in turn, a really interesting slice of life.

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LibraryThing member EricCostello

The sixth (of seven) volumes of Milligan's war memoirs; this one was the least satisfying of the group, at least for me. It mostly covers Milligan's romance with an Italian lady, and his touring with the Bill Hall Trio in Italy in the last portion of the war and the first portion of the post-war

era. Not a great deal happens in the book. You can pretty much safely skip this one, I think.

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LibraryThing member Andy_Dingley

Another volume of Spike, in his regular style. But now, there's a plot and drama! He meets Toni on his last tour with the Bill Hall Trio, and the whole book is a will-they, won't-they? Obviously smitten, but will the romance last past demob?

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