First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a prize-winning South African novelist: " For a man of his age, 52, divorced, he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well ."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwells voucher and
the closing date is February 13 .

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 Graham Greene's The Lawless Roads , is Wendy Anderson of the University of St Andrews.