Book info

• Title He Who Dares
• Author Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
• Year 2015
• Genre Humour

Jack-the-lad, wheeler-dealer and international playboy (just ask the manageress of El Sid's, Torremolinos, 1978), this was a man destined for greatness. One day he would mature into an award-winning man of business*, thriving entrepreneur and glittering member of the jet-set. A force of nature, a man who beat the odds, if only for a bit. This is his story. The story of Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter. Who else could tell the glorious tale of rags to riches to rags to rich(ish) but the man himself? You've heard of The Wolf of Wall Street, now meet the Pug of Peckham.

Thoughts

Interesting little book this. Posing as the autobiography of everyone’s favourite wheeler/dealer Del Boy, the book really just charts the progression of those well known characters through the course of their lives - which in reality means threading each of the episode storylines together to make an autobiography of sorts.

There isn’t much in the way of new information, a little bit of background that you might have missed, and some post-series updates that are quite amusing, but for the most part, it’s directly what you’ve seen on screen, including some of the actual dialogue that is spoken.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing though, as long as you know what you’re getting. It’s fun to relive the highs and lows and craziness of life as a Trotter, and it’s amusing to see how Del Boy paints over some of the worst parts and spins some of the more illegal activities to reflect well on himself. Well, you would if you were writing your life story, wouldn’t you?

Rating: 3 / 5