The Looney - Spike Milligan Reviews
Description:ISBN 014011131X /
Newest Review: ... a massive throne-like chair, a toothache, a new job, digging up a corpse and a holiday to Drool are dealt with uniquely and ... more
... interestingly as Spike writes his best – “Fuck dis”, said Looney, wandering sheeplike along the faceless corridors. A passing faceless corridor clerk took pity.” (Looney’s trip to the Public Records Office to explore his geneaology).
The whole village becomes involved in the story, from the Drool Bugle editor who can’t spell or punctuate properly, to over-enthusiastic police (“Policemen who patrolled Kilburn had to be tranquillised before going on duty”) to the Lord Goldstein masturbating over his jellies. Sex is...more
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by - written on 23/04/07 (Very useful, 228 readings)
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I purchased my first Spike Milligan book, “The Looney” in a secondhand book shop for $5. I paid $5 because after reading the first two pages of the book, I was hooked….and sure enough, after taking it home and reading it through, I have to admit this was one of the funniest and most entertaining books I have ever read. It started: “In the beginning God created heaven and earth with, it would appear, Irish labour. It took the Lord six days, and on the seventh he rested, during which time speculative builders put up Kilburn.” Kilburn is where one Mick Looney lives, an Irish dropkick whose fantasies of being of royal blood are out of sync with the depressing reality of his . Read the complete review
