First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence,is from an exotic American in Africa:

"He awoke, opened his eyes. The room meant very little to him; he was too deeply immersed in the non-being from which he had just come."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and
the closing date is March 6 .

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 Charlotte Bront 's Shirley , is David Fell of Oxford Brookes University.