Monty: His Part in My Victory

by Spike Milligan

Book Overview

Monty: His Part in My Victory is volume three of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs. 'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.''This could mean... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140045031
• ISBN13: 9780140045031
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Another great historical satire from Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan was an outstanding historical satirist. What makes his works different from other contemporaries is that he actually lived what he wrote about. Like greats, such as Hemingway, Milligan reports on the obscure and tangential elements of war, but in a fantastically humorous way. " Monty . . . " is the third of four installments in Milligan's war biography trilogy. It is a bit shorter the than the other three but contains the same elements of history, humor, and observations. It, like the others, is easy to read in short segments. Each chapter is fairly self-contained. If you are a fan of Monty Python, Joseph Heller, or Doug Adams, I highly recommend this work.

continues to be worth reading

Everytime I pick up one of Milligan's war memoirs I think: "Oh, this one can't possibly be as good as the last" and everytime he proves me wrong. Although Monty is not as engaging as ROMMEL, it is still up there. The book covers the aftermath of the British victory in Africa, which consists of a lot of partying and a lot of sleeping. What's most entertaining is Milligan's recounts of his Old West obsessed father and his accident prone best friend, Harry Edgington. Once again, he makes you wish you were there to experience the times with him. These war memoirs are high reccommended!