This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a comic novel by an Englishman best known as a playwright:
"The sky grew darker and darker as the morning wore on."
The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's book voucher and
the closing date is May 8.
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 Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels , is John Beer of Cambridge.