It Ends With Magic

With his parents meeting Spike Milligan starts this story of his family’s life: a sparkling blend of fact and fiction that is recounted with great poignancy and humour.

Only the names have been changed (to protect the innocent?). Nevertheless, the story of the Sparrows as they adapt to their life in colonial India and the subsequent years in which Spike grew up are lovingly remembered and skilfully depicted. As he himself says, this story is written in my own whimsical style, which I inherited from both sides of my family’.