First thoughts: From stand-up to sermonising

In A Comedian's Prayerbook, Frank Skinner asks some big questions and cracks a few jokes, even if some parts have an Old Testament feel, writes Noel Baker 

Frank Skinner has gone from mucking about in the nineties on the ‘Fantasy Football’ sofa to producing a prayer book. His personal conversations with God incorporate wry observations that wouldn’t seem out of place in a comedy club.

• A Comedian's Prayerbook 
• Frank Skinner
• Hodder & Stoughton, €12