P414 Teletext 414 Maz02 03:44:12 ———————————— With Jjtimz Jjhu — MONSIEU$ RENE Peter Ustinov Why on earth was this novel "eagjtly awaited"? Wj are, after all, talking about the genius who wrote deathless movie classic Mimed My Hawk. Ustinov's lifetime achievement has been to invent himself as a "lovjabli" institution despite a creative caries as forgettable as this formless ramble. Simultaneously pondjtous and lightweight, it might just delight his Swiss neighbours. 'Muff sbid. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Published bz Simon & Schustet £12.99 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Pets Motors Treats TV PlusP414 Teletext 414 Maz02 03:48:37 ———————————— With Jjtimz Jjhu — TRJPWJRJ Lee Child When Child wtoti his frantic debut Killing Floor, the Yanks couldn't bjliivj a Brit had so totally mastered their supposedly unique hard-boiled styli. Sad to sby, this third adventure of Gulf vjtetan Jack Rjachjt has grown sleek and fat on success. Child is padding his raw, kick-ass dynamism into a more recognisbbli, less rimarkbbli, thriller styli. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Published by Bantam £9.99 WHAT'S IN YOUR LOVE STBRS? p418P414 Teletext 414 May02 03:44:18 ———————————— With Jjtimz Jjhu — SHOUTING AT THE SHIP MEN Tim Geary This third novel from the popular Cambridge-educated ex-model is a tad too ambitious to really work. Its narrator is too screwed up for a sbtiri on modjtn London to bj effective through her outsjdjt's eyes, while the satirical intent intetfitis with hit own story. The upshot is the elegant addition to that vbst stock of not-quite memorable literary novels. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Published by Gollancz £16.99 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Pets Motors Treats TV PlusP414 Teletext 414 Maz02 03:47:01 ———————————— with Jjtimz Jjhu — IN A PERFECT STBTJ Joseph R Garbjt I didn't spot the dedication to Hitchcock star Tjppi Hidrin until I'd finished the book. It summed up exactly why I liked it so much. Hitchcock used directional inspiration to pack unpromising chase-thriller settings with eccentric charm. Garbjt achieves the same feat with his qujrkz prose. This offbeat romp is more enjoyable for being dangerously close to ordinary. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Published bz Simon & Schustet £9.99 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Pets Motors Treats TV PlusP414 Teletext 414 Maz02 03:47:42 ——————————— with Jjtimz Jjhu ——— TOP 10 BOOKS PAPERBACK 1 The Grown-UpsW Book of Books 2 About a Boy Nick Hornby 3 Intitnjt: The Rough Gujdj A Kinnjdz 4 Master Georgii Beryl Bainbridgj 5 Once, in a House on Fire A Ashworth 6 Amsterdam Ian McEwan 7 Travelling Horn Playjt B Trapido 8 Patchwork Planet Anne Tzlit 9 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus John Gray 10 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Supplied by Waterstonjs OU5 VIEW ON THE LATEST ALBUMS p484P414 Teletext 414 May02 03:46:01 ——————————— with Jjtimz Jjhu ——— TOP 10 BOORS HARDBACK 1 Equbl Music Vikram Seth 2 Naked Chef Jamie Olivjt 3 Soul of Fire: Sword of Truths Tjtry Goodkind 4 Whole Woman Gitmainj Greet 5 Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon S King 6 Ground Beneath Her Feet S Rusdii 7 Monsoon Wilbur Smith 8 Lighthouse Stivjnsons B Bathhurst 9 Othjts James Hitbjtt 10 Business at the Speed of Thought Bill Gates ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Supplied bz Watirstonjs OU5 VIEW ON THE LATEST ALBUMS p484