David Jason: My Life (signed)
Language: English
Published by Random House UK, 2013
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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'My Life', the autobiography of actor David Jason. Century, 2013, pp 392, with index. Signed on title page (see scan). Dust jacket in very good condition, not price clipped. Bound in black cloth with title, author and publisher in gold on spine, clean, unmarked, in very good condition. Numbers on copyright page 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. Sent in UK by Royal Mail tracked 48h delivery.
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- Title
- David Jason: My Life (signed)
- Author
- Jason, David
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1780891407
- ISBN 13
- 9781780891408
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 780 grams
- Dimensions
- 15.24 centimeters width by 22.86 centimeters height by 3.56 centimeters depth
National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013
The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain’s best-loved actors.
Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours.
It wasn’t until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation’s hearts: the beloved Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as TV’s favourite detective Jack Frost, took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children’s show Danger Mouse.
But life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in Dad’s Army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, David has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the way.
David’s is a touching, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment business. He's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yet. As Del Boy would say, it's all cushty.
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About the Author
Sir David Jason was born in 1940 in North London. 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. 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.
The 1996 Only Fools Christmas special 'Time on Our Hands' was seen live by 24.35 million viewers and to this day is the UK's most-watched comedy show of all time.
David Jason is the author of three No.1 Sunday Times bestselling books: My Life; Only Fools & Stories and A Del of a Life.
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