First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a philosopher with a Nobel prize in literature: " Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? "

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's book voucher and
the closing date is December 12 .

Entries should be sent to
First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX

faxed to 020-7782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified Muriel Spark's Memento Mori , is Christopher Phipps, The London Library.