The book offers fresh perspectives on Jason's journey, carefully avoiding repetition from his previous works. 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. 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.

Told with his characteristic warmth and wit, Jason shines a wonderful new light on the characters and shows that fans have come to love him for, from Del Boy to Granville, Larkin to Frost.Through the pages of 'A Del of a Life,' David Jason brings back the halcyon days of 'Only Fools and Horses. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

All that shines through in this book, and I found him, the book and his way of writing to be motivational, an inspiration and a joy to read. 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 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. Only Fools and Horses is something I have turned to so many times when I needed a pick me up, a laugh, something to give you the kick up the backside to get on with it and give it a shot.And I've worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune. 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. That's why, when reading a book by someone who, along with the cast and crew that created Only Fools and Horses, has given you and different generations of your family so much pleasure, over so many years, that you are worried the book - perhaps even the author - may not live up to your expectations in the written word. And if they don’t… well, hopefully, at the very least you’ll get to have a good old laugh at my expense.