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{{Infobox book
| name = Puckoon
| image = Puckoon.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = [[Spike Milligan]]
| illustrator = Spike Milligan
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| country = {{Country|United Kingdom}}

| subject = [[Comic novel]]
| genre = Comedy
| publisher = [[Anthony Blond]]
| pub_date = 1963
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'''''Puckoon''''' is a [[comic novel]] by [[Spike Milligan]], first published in 1963. It is his first full-length novel, and only major fictional work. Set in 1924, it details the troubles brought to the fictional Irish village of Puckoon by the [[Partition of Ireland]]: the new border, due to the incompetence of the [[Boundary Commission (Ireland)|Boundary Commission]], passes directly through the village, with most of the village placed in the independent [[Irish Free State]], but with a significant portion to [[Northern Ireland]].

The protagonist of the novel is the feckless Dan Milligan, a man so lazy that the author is obliged to take direct action to prevent him spending the entire novel lounging about at home; thus alerted to his status as a fictional character, Dan frequently breaks the [[fourth wall]], speaking directly to the writer about the trouble he has been made to endure.

==Adaptations==

An abridged [[audiobook]] version, read by the author, was released on LP and cassette.

A film adaptation, written and directed by [[Terence Ryan]], was released in 2002. It stars [[Sean Hughes (comedian)|Sean Hughes]] as the renamed "Dan Madigan" and [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his final film role) as the narrator (after Spike Milligan's poor health prevented him from taking the part),<ref>{{cite news|last=Flynn|first=Bob|title='It's fantastical, magical stuff'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jul/23/artsfeatures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 July 2002}}</ref> along with British, Irish and American [[character actors]] including [[Elliott Gould]], [[Griff Rhys Jones]], [[Milo O'Shea]], [[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]], [[Marc Sinden]], [[Daragh O'Malley]], [[Nickolas Grace]] and [[Freddie Jones]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guerilla-films.com/puckoon/cast_photos.htm|title=Puckoon – Cast Gallery|website=guerilla-films.com}}</ref> Jane Milligan (Spike's daughter) appeared in the small role of Mrs. Madigan. The film was cast by [[Jo Gilbert]] and shot in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland.

''Puckoon'' was adapted for the stage in 2009, and toured Ireland and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spikemilliganspuckoon.com|title=Info}}</ref>

An adaptation by Ian Billings, narrated by [[Barry Cryer]] and starring [[Ed Byrne (comedian)|Ed Byrne]] as Dan Milligan and [[Pauline McLynn]] was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/53/puckoon|title=BBC – Puckoon – Media Centre}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.spikemilliganspuckoon.com/ Official web site for the stage production]
*[http://www.guerilla-films.com/puckoon/ Official web site for the film]
*{{IMDb title|0276428}}

[[Category:1963 British novels]]
[[Category:British comedy novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Spike Milligan]]
[[Category:British novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Metafictional novels]]
[[Category:Fiction set in 1924]]
[[Category:Novels set in Ireland]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:Films set in Ireland]]
[[Category:Films set in 1924]]
[[Category:Anthony Blond books]]

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