A Del of a Life: The hilarious #1 bestseller from the national treasure

Product Information

From a trainee electrician to one of Britain's most revered and loved actors, Jason shares heartfelt and hilarious wisdom with readers on subjects ranging from family to work, resilience to ebullience. However, while the book is immensely enjoyable, it misses the mark of the absolute 'FANTASTIC' books that hold a rare 5-star rating in my collection.

It might not compete with the absolute best, but it's a heartwarming and captivating journey nonetheless. I have never met Sir David, nor any of the others from the Trotter family or their circle of friends and acquaintances, but they shared our family living room with us on many an evening over many years, making us laugh out loud, often until it hurt, and even at times making us cry. And I've worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune. When David Jason emerged, he graciously signed not only my keepsake, but also the letter from my parents, etching the memory deep in my heart.I do not mind admitting that I read A Del of a Life - Lessons I've Learned by David Jason (real name Sir David John White) with more than a little trepidation. It's an engaging narrative filled with unique anecdotes and insights that deepen our appreciation of his life and career.

The book offers fresh perspectives on Jason's journey, carefully avoiding repetition from his previous works.During my life and career I have been given all sorts of advice and learned huge amounts from some great and enormously talented people. His acting career has been long and varied: from his theatre work in the West End to providing the voices of Mr Toad from The Wind in the Willows, Dangermouse and The BFG. In celebration of Sir David Jason’s 80th year, ‘A Del of a Life’ relives Jason’s extraordinary life and career from over 50 years in entertainment. And I’ve worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune. Such is the magic that the entire team of Only Fools and Horses created, that you can watch the same episodes over and over and they never seem to get old, the jokes no less funny than they were the very first time you heard and watched them being performed.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Through the pages of 'A Del of a Life,' David Jason brings back the halcyon days of 'Only Fools and Horses. And if they don’t… well, hopefully, at the very least you’ll get to have a good old laugh at my expense.This book is a treasure trove of delightful tales for fans of David Jason or captivating autobiographies.

From Open All Hours to The Darling Buds of May to his starring roles as Detective Inspector Frost in A Touch of Frost and, of course, Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Fortunately, during my life and career I have been given all sorts of advice and learned huge amounts from some great and enormously talented people. From a trainee electrician to one of Britain's most revered and loved actors, Jason shares heartfelt and.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.