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The Bible According to Spike Milligan

By: Spike Milligan
Narrated by: Spike Milligan
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Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Bible According to Spike Milligan, written and read by Spike Milligan.

The Old Testament: but more mad, more merry, more... Milligan!

"And God said, Let there be light; and there was light, but Eastern Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected."

There have been many interpretations of the Old Testament over the centuries but never one quite like this. Spike Milligan has rewritten, in his own inimitable style, many of the best-known stories of the Old Testament, featuring characters like King "my brain hurts" Solomon, the great oaf of a giant Goliath and the lesser-known crossword clue, Hushai the Archite.

Believers and non-believers alike will enjoy this hilarious re-working, where the jokes, jests and jibes tumble over each other from Chapter One, Verse One until kingdom come.

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Critic Reviews

That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man (Stephen Fry)
A totally original comedy writer (Michael Palin)
Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense
Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal (Terry Wogan)
All stars
Most relevant
brilliantly funny and wonderfully disrespectful.
Extracts the Michael from some of the bulldust
thank you, Spike.

classic milligan

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Very entertaining! Great review of the Old Testament through Spike’s eyes. Should be adopted instantly!

Spikelicous!!

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A few laughs. Engaging. But the references to women's breasts and body shapes isn't appropriate and ruins the book. Couldn't ever recommend it to anyone.

What you'd expect from Spike Milligan.

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So irreverent and clever. I read these books as a teenager and laughed myself silly. Hearing the author read them in his unique style has added to the memories of rolling around in the lounge room carpet on school holidays! Legend.

Comic genius

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loved it. a good laugh. not for the hyper religious. Spike makes the bible very entertaining.

A great listen.

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