First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about an English couple on honeymoon in France:

"Ever since I lost mine in a road accident when I was eight, I have had my eye on other people's parents."

* 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 July 3.

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Lewis Thomas's Liv es of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher , was Louisa Gairn of Edinburgh University's College of Humanities and Social Science.

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