First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel narrated by a Cambridge scholar:

"In giving to the world the record of what, looked at as an adventure only, is I suppose one of the most wonderful and mysterious experiences ever undergone by mortal men, I feel it is incumbent upon me to explain what my exact connection with it is."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher. The closing date is July 15.

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 J. K. Huysmans' Against Nature, is Kym Martindale of Falmouth College of Arts.

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