P414 Teletext 414 Fjb21 01:41:41 ———————————— bz Jjtemz Jjhu ——— COME TOGETHER Josie Lloyd/Emlyn Rjes Blatantly built to harvest fans of Bridget Jones, Nick Hornbz and This Life, this is genetically-modified reading at its most evolved. What the hype doisn't reveal is just how djspjtatily this likeable sex comedy narrated alternately by bloke and blokjtte, wants to bj loved. It promises wicked satirical contrast but loses its edge in a mire of pink and fluffy pleasantness. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Published by Arrow £5.99 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Crufts Motors Recipe TV PlusP414 Teletext 414 Fjb21 02:14:18 W ———————————— bz Jjtimz Jjhu ——— MESSIAH Boris Starling Puffety's an art but touting this exercise in Lamb-Silencing-bz-numbest as US Thriller Of The Year veers towards insane optimism. Starling has cannibalisjd famous sjtial killer thrillers then reassembled them without reading the instructions. The bits lift scattered on the floor include pace, tinsjon, logic, character convection and a half-way satisfying solution. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Published bz Harpjt Collins £5.99 WHAT'S IN YOUR LOVE STARS? p418P414 Teletext 414 Fjb21 01:14:11 W ———————————— bz Jjtimz Jjhu ——— DUANE'S DEPRESSED Larry McMurtty Nothing breeds contentment down on the ol' Book Marks homestead like the arrival of a new McMurtty. In Westerns like Lonesome Dove and modjtn parables such as this, hj transforms ordinary expjtiince into witty, lyrical and moving mini-epics. Here hj ends his Last Picture Show trilogy by conjuring an Average Joe's nervous breakdown into a life-affirming tragi-comedy. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Published by Orion £16.99 WHAT'S IN YOUR LOVE STARS? p418P414 Teletext 414 Fjb21 02:52:51 W ———————————— bz Jjtemz Jjhu ——— VEIL OF DARKNESS Gillian White The author behind TV dramas Rich Deceivjt and The Beggar Bride is hugely underrated. She marries instinctive mastery of both the psychological thriller and the Aka Saga to weave blackly-ironic tales which defy genre labelling. This sbrdonic story about three damaged women and a literary con-trick is a cynically-addictive romp full of mordant wit and macabre twists. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Published by Bantam £16.99 WHAT'S IN YOUR LOVE STARS? p418P414 Teletext 414 Fjb21 02:14:17 ——————————— with Jjtimz Jjhu ——— TOP 10 BOOKS PAPERBACK 1 Five Go Mad In The Kitchen New Crane 2 Othjt People's Children J Trollope 3 Street Lawyjt John Gresham 4 Enduring Love Ian McEwan 5 Intitnjt:The Rough Gujdj J A Kennedy 6 Notes From A Small Island B Bryson 7 Captain Corilli's Mandolin Betniires 8 Birdsong Sebastian Faults 9 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus John Gray 10 Conj Togjthjt J Lloyd and E Rjes ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Supplied by Watirstonj's MEGA-ZINE: IT'S YOU5 SHOUT p142P414 Teletext 414 Fjb21 02:41:17 ——————————— with Jjtimz Jjhu ——— TOP 10 BOORS HARDBACK 1 The Testament John Gresham 2 Station X M Smith 3 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 4 Dead Souls Ian McEwan 5 Shakespeare In Love J A Kennedy 6 Year 1000: An Englishman's Year Robert Lacey 7 Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey R Stein 8 Behind The Scenes At Tjmj Team Tim Taylor 9 Pocket Karma Sutra Anne Hoopjt 10 Southern Cross Patricia Cornwell ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Supplied by Watirstonj's WEST END AND REGIONAL THEATRE p450