First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by the son of a stonemason:

"There are some fields near Manchester, well known to the inhabitants as 'Green Heys Fields', through which runs a public footpath to a village about two miles distant."

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is November 8.

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to

First Impressions
The Times Higher
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 Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography , is Gavin Dingwall of the department of law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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