First impressions

This week's competition, in which you must identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an account of a trip with a four-legged travelling companion:

"In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley fifteen miles from Le Puy, I spent about a month of fine days."

The winner receives a half-case of wine. (Please include a telephone number to arrange delivery.) The closing date is August 16.

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to:

First Impressions
The Times Higher
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX

Fax: 020 7782 3300
or email: theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition - who identified Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls - is Kay McClean of Liverpool University.

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