First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a writer who once translated Che Guevara in Havana:

"What the contemporary observer sees is not necessarily the truth, but the historian neglects it at his peril."

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is September 30.

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 Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom is Robert Gee of North Yorkshire.

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