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Mussolini
- His Part in My Downfall
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
A voice is calling across the land, "Bombardier Milligan."
"Bombadier Milligan is dead," I replied in a disguised voice.
The voice replied, "Then he's going to miss his breakfast."
The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ("The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured").
After a bout of sandfly fever, from which he soon recovers ("I'm ready to be killed again"), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ("Mussolini's revenge?") before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ("We're getting near civilization"), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ("I was not really me any more")....
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- Tolkien
- 14-09-21
Madness but oh so true
Alas so true to life. Put young men under these circumstances and this is what you get as they struggle to try and make sense of the madness about them.
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- Lunacy
- 14-07-19
Milligain
I've long loved Spike Milligan, since I first read a rather old and very battered copy of a compilation of his short works. Hearing him recount the experiences that shaped or ended so many lives is an amazing thing. To hear him laugh at the hijinks and then try to account for entire days missing is heartbreaking.
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- Rose
- 15-05-19
Very funny but poorly read
Spike Milligan has always been a very funny man. Even after the war he remained a very funny man and this book proves his talent for humour even to the point where one can hear him trying not to laugh at his own text. However, I’d say somebody else should have been allowed to read the text. His voice sounds old as he’s reading it and the saliva in his mouth which can be heard dripping is off-putting. sentences are slurred or tend to bleed in to one another. That apart the book was very good.
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- Tosh
- 16-12-23
So so funny
Great listen- an insight into ww2 from the soldiers point of view & made enjoyable by spikes narration
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- Craig Hall
- 23-03-21
Great to be in Spike’s company again.
I read this book in my teens (along with the other volumes) and thoroughly enjoyed them. I even purchased them as audio tapes, so I’m obviously a huge fan.
It’s therefore remains a pleasure to listen to Spike, hearing him chuckle at reminisces from all those years ago, even though there were no surprises for me, still plenty of joy.
However, it’s also worth remembering what he and other endured. Therefore these books are also important as social history about the average soldier in WW2. RIP Spike.
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- A. Russell
- 28-12-20
So funny and sad
Spike does all the voices so well. A great insight into army life and the breakdown he had under fire
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- Jon B.
- 15-05-24
Spike at his best
Having read the books myself, listening to the Author reading this book you can hear the laughter in his voice remembering friends and comrades from what was a dangerous time where comedy could be and was found to lighten the mood. It conveys the way Army life was, with the "Hurry up and wait" mentality and what the causes of Spike MILLIGAN's bouts of depression and PTSD.
If you like Spike's humour this and his other wartime experiences books are a must.
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- John
- 12-10-17
Spike Milligan, s war account
Honest account of time served in the war, with the added humour of Spike throw in. Unbelievable what people went through to defend us!
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- p23
- 23-04-18
hilarious & poignant the incredible Spike Milligan
just the most hilarious , moving , sidesplittingly funny & poignant firsthand accounts of WW2 From Gunner Milligan.
No matter your age Spike Milligan bridges all boundaries. As funny as my first read over 30 years ago.
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- Mike
- 30-11-17
brilliant
Spike Milligans accounts of WWII are some of the most humorous and harrowing that I have had the pleasure to enjoy. The fact that it is Spike reading the audio book greatly adds to the experiance
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