First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a man with a passion for cricket: " Since I left 10 Downing Street, I have often thought - why politics? "

The winner receives a £25 Blackwells book voucher and
the closing date is June 6 .

Entries should be sent to:
First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1 W1BX

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

The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls , is Maximilian de Gaynesford of Oxford.