Michael Palin's six favorite books

Michael Palin was a lifelong (so far) member of Monty Python.

His recent books include the travelogue Brazil, and The Truth, a novel about a would-be biographer of a famed environmentalist.

One of Palin's six favorite books, as told to The Week magazine:Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

A short, powerful tale about where an obsession can take you, about a character pushing into the unknown