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A del of a Life: Lessons I've Learned

David Jason

3.77 AVERAGE

lordmacaque's review

4.0

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

a_smith231's review

3.5

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

natalattef's review against another edition

3.5

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

I'm a fan of David Jason and absolutely love his roles of Del, Pa Larkin and Frost. This book is as charming, down to earth and lovely as the actor comes across as when seen in a rare interview on TV.

colinhayes's review

4.0

This is David Jason's third book of memoirs and as such it may raise a few eyebrows. Is it needed? It's not actually an autobiography he's done that with 'My Life' this is more of a series of stories and anecdotes. He looks back at some of the many characters he's played of course looking at Del Boy from Only Fools And Horses as well as shows such as The Darling Buds Of May and Frost as well as others.

Some of the material to be honest is repeated from previous volumes but Jason is always a delight to read. The tone is conversational and its like talking with an old friend. It's an easy read and with lots of humour not surprisingly. He talks about his time as a struggling actor and brings it right up to date with life during lockdown.

Like his friend and mentor Ronnie Barker, Jason is most comfortable when he's hiding behind a character. He's quite open about that, he's not comfortable being himself in public and perhaps there may be some of that hiding behind a character in the book. Is this the real David Jason? Maybe to a degree, maybe it's the version of him he wants us to know.

So maybe if you're being critical you could make the argument that there isn't really a need for another volume of memoirs but to be honest David Jason is a joy to read if you're a fan of his work and I couldn't give it any less that 4 stars.