The bestselling cult comedy from mil millington insightful and wickedly funny heat. His days are spent bluffing his way through an it job in the university library, pillowfighting with his two sons, surviving family outings to the supermarket, and finding new things to argue about with ursula, his german girlfriend. Mil millington is a british author of humorous books. Within weeks he had both a book deal and a movie option based on his site. Mil millington author mil millington has written for various magazines, radio, and the guardian he also had a weekly column in the guardian weekend magazine. His detailing of lifes small moments, rife as they are with the potential for embarrassment, will leave readers laughing aloud. When you see that mil is playing a game online and is one point away from becoming champion of the world, mil is racing out of the house to catch a train, mil is in the middle of trying to put out a kitchen fire, etc. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself spike after. He has published four subsequent novels with humorous content. Robert mil millington is a british author of humorous books. A novel by mil millington and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Agentco author mail, random house, 1745 broadway, new york, ny 10019.
He first came to public prominence as a writer when he created a website entitled things my girlfriend and i have argued about. Things my girlfriend and i have argued about concerns a guy named pel who lives with his german girlfriend, ursula. Mil millington books list of books by author mil millington. Ive only read black angel, but i like the guys books a lot. His debut novel, things my girlfriend and i have argued about, centers on a squabbling couple who.
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He lives in englands west midlands with his girlfriend and their two children. Mil millington worries about people not being anxious. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. A certain chemistry by mil millington overdrive rakuten. But his poor shopping sense accidentally set off a convoluted chain of events that meant he. Worked in information technology at a university library. Mil millingtons love and other neardeath experiences is a hilarious existential romantic comedy about second guesses and second chances. Pel leads an uneventful lifequietly bluffing his way through his job and discovering new. Things my girlfriend and i have argued about ebook.
See all books authored by mil millington, including things my girlfriend and i have argued about, and instructions for living someone elses life, and more on. Like many, i came to mil millington through his things my girlfriend and i have argued about website and so rushed to get my hands on his first book. Mil millington worries about people not being anxious enough. Author mil millingtons complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. See all books authored by mil millington, including things my girlfriend and i have argued about, and love and other neardeath experiences. Books by mil millington authors like mil millington. While the novel is a stand alone semifictional piece about the narrator, his girl friend and their lives, i did feel that having read the website i understood the dynamics of the novel much. Publication date 2006 topics neardeath experiences, weddings. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. On his culthit web site, thingsmygirlfriendandi, british writer mil millington dissects his fractious relationship with his longtime livein, hilariously portraying her as violently irrational and himself as stubborn, neurotic, and illogical, though always somehow right. Mil, you may well be saying, you pretty much lost the option of playing the quiet gravitas card the day you dyed your hair fire engine red. His website has achieved cult status, and he is also a cofounder and cowriter of the online magazine more about mil millington.
Mil millington author of things my girlfriend and i have. Love and other near death experiences by mil millington. The romantic comedy is alive and well thanks to two new novels from mil millington and shane watson, things my girlfriend and i have argued. Despite mary millingtons sex superstar status during the late 1970s she never fully integrated into the mainstream british entertainment establishment before her tragic death in 1979. Like his first novel, things my girlfriend and i have argued about, mil millingtons a certain chemistry is a smart romp of a book. The sites main content was and remains anecdotes describing arguments and misunderstandings between mil and his german girlfriend margret, mother of his two.
Mil millington has written for various magazines, radio, and the guardian he also had a weekly column in the guardian weekend magazine. Pel leads an uneventful lifequietly bluffing his way through his job and discovering new things to argue about with ursula. Rob is on his way to an appointment at the bird dog pub when the pub explodes in a freak accident that kills everyone. If he hadnt bought those crummy towels, rob would be six feet under. Popular british webmaster millington things my girlfriend and i have argued about, 2003 makes a stab at philosophical musing in this nick hornbyesque tale about a latenight radio disc jockey coming to terms with the randomness of life and death. Books by mil millington writers similar to mil millington.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Due to the sites popularity, millington was offered a publishing deal, and wrote a novel with the same title as his website, but with new content, published in 2002. The son of an irish father and an english mother, milligan was born in india, where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the united kingdom. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. A little over a year ago, mil millington set up a website called things my girlfriend and i have argued about, where he posted tales of his longstanding relationship with his german girlfriend, margret. New york curatestate approved donor belvederetiburonlibrary edition. His website has achieved cult status, and he is also a cofounder and cowriter of the online magazine the weekly. Mil millington if he hadnt bought those crummy towels, rob would be six feet under. His hero is charlie parker, an excop who may be much more than he. His website has achieved cult status, and he is also a cofounder and cowriter of the online magazine the week. Things my girlfriend and i have argued about by mil millington.
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