Browse Davies, Paul

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Book reviews: Just browsing..	Feb 4, 2000	320
Books: Just browsing..	Jan 14, 2000	351
Books: MORE PURE AMBROSIA; The chills, thrills and charms of this new scientific thriller is a rollercoaster ride that plunges you into an abyss of emotions.	Jan 7, 2000	594
BOOKS: A HEAVYWEIGHT KNOCKOUT; The A List Review KING OF THE WORLD: MUHAMMAD ALI AND THE RISE OF AN AMERICAN HERO by David Remnick (Picador, pounds 14.99).	Oct 29, 1999	536
Books: Books now on sale..	Oct 22, 1999	422
Books: MOLE SURFACES IN COMIC CLASSIC; Seventeen years after his famous diary, hilarious Adrian Mole is trying to be a New Man under New Labour.	Oct 22, 1999	546
Books: Books now on sale..	Oct 15, 1999	401
Books: FEELGOOD QUEEN REIGNS SUPREME; Irish novelist Marian Keyes can't stop writing brilliant page-turners and her new book is her best work yet: LAST CHANCE SALOON by Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph, pounds 9.99).	Oct 15, 1999	583
Books now on sale..	Oct 8, 1999	441
BOOKS: WELCOME TO THE CYBERDOME; Sci-fi wizard Gibson takes another look into a bleak future of Net obsessives and impending doom; ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES by William Gibson (Viking, pounds 16.99).	Oct 8, 1999	516
Books: Books now on sale..	Oct 1, 1999	516
Books: DESTINATION WEIRDSVILLE; Former bus driver Magnus Mills follows up his debut with an eerie novel about a traveller who just can't leave town.	Oct 1, 1999	554
THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS JIM; Before finding fame as a comic, Vic Reeves was an aspiring artist. Now he's gone back to his first love.	Sep 24, 1999	818
Books: Books now on sale..	Sep 17, 1999	495
Books: OK, SO WHERE'S THE PUNCHLINE?; Sadly, comedian Arabella Weir's bland second novel suffers from a humour and reality by-pass.	Sep 17, 1999	561
Books now on sale..	Sep 10, 1999	374
BOOKS: THE GENE GENIE IS UNBOTTLED; Is the genocide of our entire male species a price worth paying for a complete end to violent crime?	Sep 10, 1999	532
Now just be careful out there..; Did you know habitual snorers are the worst drivers, and only 20 per cent of doctors get it right? Paul Davies reports on the risks we face.	Sep 4, 1999	591
Books review: Books now on sale..	Sep 3, 1999	395
BOOK REVIEW: MANSLAUGHTER UNITED: A SEASON WITH A PRISON FOOTBALL TEAM Chris Hulme (Yellow Jersey Press, pounds 10) - PLAYING THE KILLING FIELD; The dramatic story of the hardest football team in Britain, which features nine players currently serving life for murder.	Sep 3, 1999	501
Books: Just browsing..	Aug 27, 1999	426
Books: Mancs For The Memory; Manchester gave us Joy Division and Oasis, but this pompous history is just a bitter provincial rant.	Aug 27, 1999	375
SECRETS OF SUBURBIA; Could there be a skeleton in trendy Miranda Sawyer's cupboard? PAUL DAVIES investigates.	Aug 20, 1999	560
Books now on sale..	Aug 13, 1999	398
IT'S A FUNNY OLD BUSINESS; THE BUSINESS by Iain Banks (Little, Brown pounds 16.99); Iain Banks' latest novel is more user friendly but lacks the nasty streak he's renowned for.	Aug 13, 1999	510
BOOKS: MADNESS IN MANHATTAN; Welcome to the wealthy world of New York narcissists and their designer underwear.	Aug 6, 1999	613
Einstein, you'll never amount to very much; THE THINGS THEY DEARLY WISH THEY'D NEVER SAID ..	Aug 5, 1999	840
BOOKS: ALL MOD CONS; Murderers and robbers are the new glitterati of the literati as gangster memoirs sell faster than gear off the back of a lorry. PAUL DAVIES meets the men who put the con into raconteur.	Jul 30, 1999	936
BOOK REVIEW - LUXURY AMNESIA: GLOSSING OVER A GRIM MURDER; Luxury Amnesia is an unforgettable blend of music, murder, New Laddism and, er, home decorating.	Jul 23, 1999	534
Books now on sale..	Jul 16, 1999	398
BOOKS: DWARFING THE COMPETITION; By day he's an actor in the ridiculous Red Dwarf, but by night Robert Llewellyn has crafted a truly fantastic novel.	Jul 16, 1999	584
Books: Just browsing..	Jul 9, 1999	409
BOOKS: HARRY IS STILL SHEER MAGIC..; HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury, pounds 10.99).	Jul 9, 1999	601
BEWITCHED; How a single mum dazzled millions of children with tales of wizardry.	Jul 2, 1999	541
Books: Just browsing..	Jul 2, 1999	415
Books: Starcrossed by AA Gill - A Bad Taste In The Mouth; Food critic AA Gill's new novel is unpalatable and contains some rather familiar ingredients.	Jul 2, 1999	537
Book: Just browsing..	Jun 25, 1999	353
Books: A Fine Day For A Bloody Disaster; ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT by Christopher Brookmyre (Little, Brown, pounds 9.99): Master of gore Brookmyre has produced a dark, funny, violent tale to turn the stomach while lifting the spirits: The A List's book reviewer gives his verdict on the latest publications.	Jun 25, 1999	554
BOOK REVIEW: GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER; The highly original A Place Of Execution turns the good old crime novel on its head.	Jun 18, 1999	532
BOOKS: TALK ABOUT A DEAD LOSS; A thriller that's heavy on the scalpel-wielding forensic detail, yet has no detectable heartbeat.	Jun 11, 1999	530
BOOKS: PLENTY OF BARK AND LOTS OF BITE; Paul Auster's latest book sees the world through the eyes of a mutt, but this moving fable is anything but barking mad.	Jun 4, 1999	527
A SOLO OUTING INTO DARKNESS.	May 28, 1999	448
BOOKS: CHILLING LESSON IN EVIL; PAUL DAVIES on a promising debut novel the publishers are desperate to hype; THE WISHING GAME by Patrick Redmond (Hodder & Stoughton, pounds 9.99).	May 14, 1999	424
LET'S GET QUIZZICAL; The British just love questions about totally trivial subjects. PAUL DAVIES delves into a new book which exposes the curious world of the pub quiz; BRAIN MEN: A PASSION TO COMPETE by Marcus Berkmann (Little, Brown, pounds 14.99).	May 7, 1999	547
Why great inventions are long in the tooth; EVEN DENTURES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 2,700 YEARS.	May 4, 1999	707
A PARTY WORTH GATECRASHING; Lisa Jewell's realistic debut about flat-sharing Londoners is a true gem, reckons PAUL DAVIES; RALPH'S PARTY by Lisa Jewell (Penguin, pounds 5.99).	Apr 30, 1999	563
BOOK REVIEW: KISS ME, JUDAS: WALLOWING IN A BLOOD BATH; Baer's original and gripping debut takes an urban myth and spins it into your worst nightmare. By PAUL DAVIES: KISS ME, JUDAS by Will Christopher Baer (Viking, pounds 9.99).	Apr 23, 1999	572
Book Review: Humble Side To King Of Horror; THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, pounds 12.99): Stephen King's latest literary home run is a personal tale that gives PAUL DAVIES a glimpse of deeper talent at work.	Apr 16, 1999	540
BOOKS: DISMAL INVESTIGATIONS; Horror's master storyteller doesn't deliver the shiver, says PAUL DAVIES; OTHERS by James Herbert (Macmillan, pounds 16.99).	Apr 9, 1999	601
fact and fiction - books: The A List Review: IDEAS ABOVE HIS STATION? - UNDERGROUND by Tobias Hill (Faber, pounds 9.99); PAUL DAVIES buys a ticket to poet Tobias Hill's Tube thriller, but finds that it never really gets up to full speed.	Apr 2, 1999	628
BOOKS: THE SNOW FALCON: OFF TO A FLYING START; Broke, unemployed and with three rejected novels to his name, Stuart Harrison gave it one last shot. And this time, claims PAUL DAVIES, he's struck literary gold.	Mar 19, 1999	502
BOOK REVIEW: PURE DRIVEL by Steve Martin (Viking, pounds 9.99) - STEVE'S DOUBLED UP; Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin has turned his hand to writing, and produced a surreal collision of ideas. It's the first time he's made PAUL DAVIES laugh in ages.	Mar 12, 1999	599
ONE HELL OF A HAIRCUT; The A List Review: The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay (Piatkus Books, pounds 6.99); This black comedy about a barber from the Sweeney Todd school is a cut above most debuts, says Paul Davies.	Mar 5, 1999	693
Rocky horoscope show; WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY FROM THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT BY CHINA'S TOP ASTROLOGER.	Feb 17, 1999	2952
Books: The Testament: A Billion Dollar Winning Formula; John Grisham's latest tale about family greed is testament to a master story-teller in his prime. PAUL DAVIES gets hooked.	Feb 12, 1999	529
An odds-on bet for the bookies' prize; Jonathan Rendall was given pounds 12,000 to blow on gambling so he could write about it. PAUL DAVIES explains what happened next; TWELVE GRAND: THE GAMBLER AS HERO by Jonathan Rendall (Yellow Jersey Press, pounds 10).	Feb 5, 1999	588
Chapter And Worse On Bizarre Books.	Feb 4, 1999	518
Original cynic; MONROE'S DEFINITION OF A HUSBAND AND OTHER GEMS OF WORLD-WEARY WISDOM..	Jan 26, 1999	629
All the best things since sliced bread; INVENTIONS THAT MADE LIFE THAT LITTLE BIT BETTER.	Jan 25, 1999	960
Howlers they really should have noticed; FOR SALE; Large trunk, can be locked - ideal for a student. pounds 16.	Jan 20, 1999	727
Book review Glamorama: Luvvie yarn is more gore bore; Bret Easton Ellis has followed American Psycho with more self- obsessed violent tosh. PAUL DAVIES finds it all rather ludicrous.	Dec 24, 1998	562
STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS..; THE ROLLING STONES: LIFE ON THE ROAD by Dora Loewenstein & Jools Holland (Virgin, pounds 30); As the Stones keep on rolling, PAUL DAVIES delves into a lavish history in the band's own words.	Dec 11, 1998	532
She is about as environmentally friendly as the bubonic plague; INSULTS THAT MAKE POLITICS BEARABLE.	Dec 11, 1998	564
A WAKE-UP CALL; It's lively, compelling and inspirational. PAUL DAVIES rates Douglas Coupland's dark, nightmarish fantasy as the best read of the year; GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA by Douglas Coupland (Flamingo, pounds 6.99).	Nov 20, 1998	543
I was out on the Tom when my Sharon went off and the boss said I'd got the Ruud; CAN YOU FOLLOW MIDDLE-CLASS RHYMING SLANG?	Nov 11, 1998	704
..and that bronze medal is worth its weight in gold.	Nov 6, 1998	635
Book Review: Showbusiness By Mark Radcliffe .. Radio's Top Of The Flops; PAUL DAVIES dips into the blush-making diary of Mark Radcliffe's hilarious quest to be a rock 'n' roll star.	Oct 30, 1998	648
STILL COOKING UP CLASSICS; It's back to basics with Delia Smith's latest no-frills cook book - and it's already causing a stir. PAUL DAVIES gets stuck in.	Oct 23, 1998	524
Book review: EWAN McGREGOR.	Oct 9, 1998	82
Book review: LABOUR CAMP by Stephen Bayley (Batsford, pounds 16.99).	Oct 9, 1998	86
Book review: ASTROTURF BLONDE by Alyson Rudd (Headline, pounds 14.99).	Oct 9, 1998	92
SPOOFS WITH A NASTY STING; Media luvvies are duped into replying to letters proposing fake projects. PAUL DAVIES finds it a laugh if just a little too cruel.	Oct 9, 1998	601
Oh, I wish I hadn't said that; WHEN THE RICH AND FAMOUS PUT THEIR FOOT IN IT.	Oct 7, 1998	677
JUST ANOTHER MANIC LUVVIE; Richard E Grant's Tinseltown tittle tattle debut novel is hectic, disjointed and plotless, but PAUL DAVIES finds it hard to dislike.	Oct 2, 1998	553
MERLIN'S MAGIC MINDBENDER; Solve the puzzle and win a wand! Sounds spellbindingly simple. But PAUL DAVIES reckons getting started is the real mystery.	Sep 25, 1998	559
TIMEWARP BEN PLAYS IT AGAIN; He may be one of our best comedians, but Ben Elton's fixation with the '80s is getting a bit tiresome, as PAUL DAVIES discovers.	Sep 4, 1998	589
MEAN, MOODY, MAGNIFICENT; Alex Garland's new novel is darker and more complex than The Beach. PAUL DAVIES sees him evolve from storyteller to novelist.	Aug 28, 1998	563
GRAIL TRAIL HEADS NORTH; A sleepy Scottish church may hide the greatest mystery in the history of mankind. PAUL DAVIES joins the treasure hunt; THE HEAD OF GOD by Keith Laidler (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, pounds 20).	Aug 21, 1998	583
TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF; Alan Titchmarsh emerges from his shed and proves that it is possible for celebrities to write a decent novel.	Aug 14, 1998	553
Now on sale..	Aug 7, 1998	369
Now on sale..	Jul 31, 1998	334
WALLOWING IN PIG'S MUCK; Trainspotting creator Irvine Welsh's latest novel, Filth, is yet a further descent into human depravity, PAUL DAVIES discovers; FILTH by Irvine Welsh (Jonathan Cape, pounds 9.99).	Jul 31, 1998	540
Now on sale..	Jul 24, 1998	356
Now on sale..; ROUND-UP.	Jul 17, 1998	334
Books: Now on sale..; ROUND-UP.	Jul 10, 1998	328
BOOKS: GET STUFFED; With culinary help like this, PAUL DAVIES realises there are no excuses for still living on takeaways and chips; COOK BOOKS.	Jul 10, 1998	607
Now on sale..; ROUND-UP.	Jul 3, 1998	353
DISAPPEARING INTO THIN AIR; Ian McEwan's new novel begins superbly, but Paul Davies finds it turns into a bit of an endurance test.	Jul 3, 1998	514
Books: Now on sale..; ROUND-UP by.	Jun 26, 1998	365
TAKING DESERT ISLAND RISKS; Dea Birkett went in search of a South Pacific dream but, as PAUL DAVIES discovers, it turned into a nightmare; SERPENT IN PARADISE By Dea Birkett Picador pounds 6.99.	Jun 26, 1998	671
Books: Now on sale..; ROUND-UP.	Jun 19, 1998	330
ANOTHER NAIL IN THE HEART; The creator of Withnail is unleashing a weird teenager on us. PAUL DAVIES reviews Bruce Robinson's first novel.	Jun 12, 1998	775
Now on sale..	Jun 5, 1998	220
PRINCESS WHO NEVER DIED; A psychotherapist's new novel reckons Diana is still alive in our psyche. PAUL DAVIES says don't give up the day job.	Jun 5, 1998	519
Now on sale..; ROUND-UP.	May 29, 1998	305
YOUNG GUNS OF THE LIT PACK; Like coppers, novelists seem to be getting younger. PAUL DAVIES looks at the cream of the new literary generation.	May 29, 1998	411
Out this week..	May 22, 1998	362