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This Time Next Year A Life of Positive Thinking

Paperback (22 May 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Discover the brand new, inspirational autobiography from the Only Fools and Horses star and national treasure.


'This time next year, we'll be millionaires'

So said Sir David's iconic Only Fools character, Derek Trotter. But such a dream was almost unimaginable for David growing up in a working-class family in North Finchley in the rubble of the Blitz.

Throughout his remarkable career, David's north star for navigating life's challenges has been his positive outlook and his resilience.

From a trainee electrician to national treasure, David's bumpy journey to success has overcome obstacle after obstacle.

Candidly revealing the ups, the downs, and the roundabout turns, David's latest volume of memoirs, This Time Next Year, is an uplifting, entertaining, and inspirational book offering an essential and unvarnished primer to leading a good life.

Told with his characteristic warmth and humour, David reveals the hard-won wisdom of a life doggedly led getting through one day, looking to the next, and always chasing what's new on the horizon.

About the Publisher

Penguin Books

The first ten paperback Penguin books appeared in 1935 costing 6d each (the price of a packet of cigarettes). Since then the Penguin list has developed enormously, but still aims to bring the best writing to the widest possible audience. Penguin Paperbacks now range from Booker Prize-winning contemporary authors, to mass market bestsellers, with successful history, biography and general non-fiction as well.

Book information

ISBN: 9781804952771
Publisher: Cornerstone
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.45028092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 239g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 20mm