This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by a Scottish-Jewish Catholic dame: " Dame Lettie Colston refilled her fountain-pen and continued her letter... "
The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's book voucher
and the closing date is December 5.
Entries should be sent to
First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX
faxed to 020-7782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk
The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray , is Louise Wicken of the University of London.