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Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert (War Memoirs #2)

Spike Milligan

paperback | Pages: 209 pages

Rating: 4.16 | 2095 Users | 65 Reviews

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Original Title:	Rommel? Gunner Who?: A Confrontation in the Desert
ISBN:	0140041079 (ISBN13: 9780140041071)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	War Memoirs #2

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The second volume in Milligan's war memoirs concentrates on his time in North Africa. This volume is more poignant than the first but that was inevitable, really, as his friends started to be killed. One passage has him describing some typically zany Goon-type humour with one of his mates in his outfit and then he slams it shut with the sentence 'He had eight days left of his young life left to live.' You can't help thinking 'well, fuck'. Speaking of bad language, Milligan really ramps up the casual use of racist, sexist and homophobic language in this one. While this is undeniably period-accurate, and I wouldn't criticise him for using it for the sake of authenticity, I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me a little. I guess you can take the guy out of the 21st century but you can't take the 21st century out of the guy. The laughs are just as abundant, though, and I was still laughing uproariously throughout. At two days per book, I'm going to be done with this series in no time!

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Title	:	Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert (War Memoirs #2)
Author	:	Spike Milligan
Book Format	:	paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 209 pages
Published	:	1976 by Penguin Books (first published 1974)
Categories	:	Humor. Biography. Nonfiction. History. War. Autobiography. Comedy

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Well he's a smart-a$$ that's for sure. The flow seemed to improve as the narrative went on. It's a very easy read, but I didn't find it too engaging. It needed to be either just more farce, or, perhaps, more serious, but it seems neither. The photos chosen don't seem to be all that helpful. Maybe my sense of humor needs some work, but most just seemed juvenile, yet his own drawings are quite delightful.

A good book but lots of the references will be lost on younger generations. I particularly enjoyed the pictures and sketches.

Read them all they are excellent.

Second part of Spike Milligans war memoirs. Hilarious, sad, poignant all at once. However time has moved on and the Goons casual racism grates these days. Not to be read by those easily offended.

Like the war, the longer it went on, the more miserable it got. I don't mean that in a bad way; unlike some mis-lit, this feels a lot more genuine, a lot more balanced. Milligan hasn't quite hit the depths from which he emerged a bipolar genius, but the cracks are certainly starting to show. The optimism of the beginning of the war is starting to give way to the horror and dull terror, and through it all Spike is trying his hardest to stay somewhat sane and optimistic.

Brilliantly funny!

This is the second book in Spike Milligan's military memoirs.While the first book can be seen as a work of fond remembrance and honesty, an old man remembering his youth and the events that made him what he was, this second book feels rushed and published to cash in on the success of the first.I won't be reading any other books in this series. The original book should stand alone and should not be watered down by rushed follow ups.