David Jones has lived a rich and varied life, the highlights of which are beautifully presented in this wry and irresistibly intelligent collection.
One reviewer said, \'David Jones is a lusty old goat.\' How can you beat that? It is precisely this amalgam of sober irreverence that informsthe memorable moments in the author\'s life and makes them so readable..
I have had some minor success in theater and have been well reviewed. . . .
Failure in performance isusually self-inflicted, mostly due to lack of preparation.
I have had good times, interspersed with disappointments and, sometimes, failure.
Of his entertainment career in particular, he says,The big reward of performing has been the great people and brilliant musicians I have met over the years.
Not many people can saythey\'ve had a successful career as a structural engineer, boxed andcompeted in swimming and track-and-field tournaments, lived andworked in Tanganyika and Uganda, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, soldprograms at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, acted and sungprofessionally--and written a book about all of it.
David Jones has lived a rich and varied life, the highlights of which are beautifully presented in this wry and irresistibly intelligent collection
