First Impressions

This week's contest to identify a book from its first sentence is from a novel about Gandhi by a friend of Graham Greene:

"His mother, who died delivering him, and his father, who was killed in Mesopotamia, might have been figures in a legend as far as Sriram was concerned."

* 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 May 30.

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger , was Matthew Dix, who is reading criminology at Loughborough University.

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