Seeds of Greatness.

Jon Canter.

ISBN 10: 0224077732 / ISBN 13: 9780224077736

Published by Jonathan Cape, London 2006, 2006

About this Item

First edition. Hardback. Signed presentation from the author with explicit message. Near fine in very good indeed dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # C211736

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seeds of Greatness.
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224077732
• ISBN 13: 9780224077736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In the hilarious story of a man writing the biography of his deceased friend, David asks himself why he failed in life and why his friend succeeded. David thinks that by writing about Jack, he’ll get him out of his system, but in fact, he’ll never be free of Jack.

About the Author

Jon Canter was born in 1953 and grew up in Golders Green. His father was a solicitor and his mother a housewife. He studied law at Cambridge before becoming an advertising copyriter then a TV and radio scriptwriter. Among the comedians he's worked with are Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, Dawn French, Arabella Weir, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. He lives in Suffolk with his wife, the painter Helen Napper, and their daughter Nancy. Seeds of Greatness is his first novel.