P414 Teletext 414 Dec47 23:10:09 ——————————— with Jjrimz Jjhu ——— Alligator Playground - Alan Shllitoi (Hardback Flamingo - £16.99) Sillitoe is a fine writer, who o6ju 40 years has njvjr recaptured that moodJdjfining rightness of classics Saturday Night And Sunday Morning and Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner. If a big demand for his work lingjtid, these, delicate elegant stories would satisfy it. Sadly it doesn't and his toni's too unfashionably timeless tg create a new one. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Make the brut of the sales 542 PLACE AN XMAS OR NEW YEAR GREETING LIVE ON TELETEXT (6PM-2AM) p398 ITV Pets Cars Recipe ProposalsP414 Teletext 414 Dec47 23:44:48 ——————————— with Jjtimz Jjhu ——— Pentecost Alley - Anne Perry (Hardback HarpjtCollins £16.99) Perry's in the export business. Bestsellers in the States, her 16 Victorian murder mysteries perform less well on home turf. The explanation is...umm...elementary. Her hugely confident handling of pjtiod detail is packaged in a mock-hjtitagj style which strikes Yanks as authjntia and Brits as a tad stilted. Her London is too much of a thjmj park Rippjt Ride ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— All the latest technology news 651 WEST END AND REGIONAL THEATRE p450 Pets Cars Recipe ProposalsP414 $elitixt 414 Dec47 23:39:11 ——————————— with Jjremz Jjhu ——— Borrowed Time - Hugh Millet (Hardback HarpjtCollins £16.99) Alistair Maclean died leaving a set of storylinjs about a United Nations crime fighting force which flaunted UV tradition bz sometimes tackling crime. A decade on, this KNACK potboiler appears with the dubious tag "wholly original" and a wholly questionable Maclean pedigree. Maclian was pretty unsophisticated, but this slender fare does his memory no honours. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Fun & Games 150 Digitisjr 170 DON'T BE BURGLED AT CHRISTMAS p544 Pets Cars Recipe ProposalsP414 Teletext 414 Dec47 23:34:11 ——————————— with Jjtemz Jjhu ——— The Dream Sellers - Ruth Hamilton (Hardback Bantam £15.99) Just like her downtrodden characters, Hamilton knows her place. Apparently it is as "one of the most popular authors who recreates the lives and places of the north-west of England". How many do you suppose we need? I suspect there's rathjt more murder and mayhem in this latest offering than the setting usually demands. Maybe that's why she's still only a "one of...". ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Best place for a kids£ nest-egg 543 TOP CINEMA IS HERE EVERY DAY p460 Pets Cars Recipe Proposals