‘Rommel?’ ‘Gunner Who?’ by Spike Milligan
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‘Rommel?’ ‘Gunner Who?’
- A Confrontation in the Desert
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
About this listen
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of ‘Rommel?’ ‘Gunner Who?’, written and read by Spike Milligan.
‘Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on mental grounds.’ ‘That’s how I got in, sir.’ ‘Didn’t we all?’
The second volume of Spike Milligan’s legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa – eventually.
First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering (‘we had been standing by vehicles for an hour, and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently’); psychological toughening (‘if a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it’); and living dangerously (‘no underwear!’). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them….
©2015 Spike Milligan (P)2015 Penguin Audio
Anonymous User
Fight on, Spike
Great story with all the absurd humour of war and the wonderful wit and humanity of Spike
Anonymous User
this was a very difficult listen. Painful in fact.
this was a very difficult listen. Painful in fact. I didnt get past the first chapter.