First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by "Papa": " He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine trees. "

The winner receives a £25 book voucher and
the closing date is May 30 .

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 Thomas Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree , is penny Bradshaw of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs.