First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a magical realist interested in memory:

"It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and
the closing date is November 20.

Entries, including postal address, 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 John Osborne's A Better Class of Person , is Linda Harding of Plymouth College of Art.

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