• Question: If you were a writer, what would your first book be about and what would it be called?

    Asked by Jess to Frank on 14 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Frank Longford

      Frank Longford answered on 14 Mar 2015:


      It would probably be a comedy fantasy novel about people living in a place called “The Kingdom”, and be similar to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, which I adore reading. I think comedy can be used in such a powerful and subtle way to express views and ideas that can change people’s lives. Take South Park for instance – it’s rude, vulgar and very offensive to some people but the rest of us love it because at the same time as grossing us out it’s able to parody the world around us and make us laugh at injustices that otherwise would have made us scream. Being able to laugh at the scariest of things doesn’t make them so scary anymore.

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