First impressions

This week's First Impressions comes from a novel by a good man who was born in West Africa:

"My first act on entering this world was to kill my mother. I was heaved - a healthy eight pounds - lacquered and ruddy from her womb one cold March day in Edinburgh, 1899. I like to think that for a few hours she knew she had another son but I have no evidence for the fact. The date of my birth is the date of her death, and thus began all my misfortunes."

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Truman Capote's In Cold Blood , is Edna Dale of Widnes, Cheshire.