First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work that is set in the Big Apple by an author who was born in the Big Easy:

"I am always drawn back to places where i have lived, the houses and the neighourhoods."

The winner receives a £20 book token and
the closing date is July 13.

Entries should be sent to
First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1 9XY

faxed to -171-7823300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified E. M. Fortser's Howards End, is Julia Park of Huddersfield.