By Emma Hagestadt; Boyd Tonkin; Katy Guest MY FAVOURITE WIFE By Tony Parsons HARPER 6.99 (405pp) Since the publication of Man and Boy, Tony Parsons has sought to reclaim the feminine ground with a series of bestsellers providing a bloke's-eye view of parenthood and marriage.

By VICTORIA McMAHON PEACHES Geldolf, journalist, clothes designer, TV presenter and daughter of the blessed St Bob, has again felt the need to add to her bursting CV. At the tender age of 19, she is fitting into her busy schedule the time to work on her first collection of short stories.

By Graeme Neill David Cronenberg, the master of the "body horror" genre whose films include Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash and Eastern Promises, is turning his gruesome talent to the printed page.