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

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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.

This book is a treasure trove of delightful tales for fans of David Jason or captivating autobiographies. Through the pages of 'A Del of a Life,' David Jason brings back the halcyon days of 'Only Fools and Horses. 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. 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.And I’ve worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune. 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. 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.

Even during the festive season, three generations of my family would sit around the TV set to watch and enjoy Only Fools and Horses' Christmas Special.I’ve been blessed to play characters such as Derek Trotter, Granville, Pop Larkin and Frost, who have changed my life in all sorts of ways, and taught me lessons that go far beyond the television set.