First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book about God:

"In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever..."

* 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 receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is March .

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Don DeLillo's Americana , was Rupert Baker, of the Royal Society's library and information services, London.

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