First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by a naturalist with South American roots:

"It is a cause of very great regret to me that this task has taken so much longer a time than I had expected for its completion."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher. The closing date is April 1

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 identified The Diaries of Beatrice Webb , is Philip Ward of Amersham.

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