First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an author with a magic touch:

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buend!a was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

The winner receives a £20 book token and
the closing date is April 6.

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

faxed to 0171-782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson, is Angela Cross of the University of Salford.