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'Practically no copies' Monty Don reveals all on bookselling woes
Monty Don is now a household name. Yet, as his BBC show Adriatic Gardens continues to pull in the ratings, a message on Twitter reminded him that life hadn't always been quite so easy.The exchange had begun with author and podcast presenter Ian Dunt tweeting to his 352,000 followers that if he could get a tattoo of any film quote, it would be: "Monty, you terrible c***.""I’d probably shie (sic) away from that particular line," Monty fired back.Then gardening enthusiast @Hungoverdrawn joined the conversation to reveal an extract the exchange had "put him in mind of" from Monty's 2006 book Growing Out Of Trouble.Featuring his efforts to rehabilitate drug addicted youngsters by setting them to work in the garden, the book quote recalls: "I asked Chubby about being caught in possession of speed."Bit of a c***, Mont, he said."You certainly are, I said.
