First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a jazzy stream-of-consciousness riff on postwar America:

"I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up."

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The Times Higher, 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4HQ, faxed to 020 3194 3300 or e-mailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

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

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Richard Evans's In Defence of History , was Mark Nolan of Epsom, Surrey.

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