Shelf life: John O’Farrell

One of the funny men behind Spitting Image, HIGNFY and the website Newsbiscuit, John O’Farrell is this week’s shelf lifer. He reveals which comic writers were his childhood staples, that he might pity-date Miss Haversham and what usually happens when he finds one of his own books in the bargain bin.

John O’Farrell’s latest novel, The Man Who Forgot His Wife, is published by Doubleday. He tweets @mrjohnofarrell
 
1) What are you reading at the moment?

I’m enjoying Skios by Michael Frayn – a compelling farce about a great public figure failing to get to a major speaking engagement. So easy to read, it must have been really hard to write.

2) As a child, what did you read under the covers?

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Is Reform unstoppable?

I was always drawn to humour – I loved the Molesworth books and Asterix and later read and re-read the collected scripts from Hancock, Fawlty Towers and all the Python books.