This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, has a title that might well describe its famously curmudgeonly author:
"What's he like?"
The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and
the closing date is July 3.
Entries should be sent to
First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1 9XY
faxed to 0171-782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk
The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility , is Anita Naoko Pilgrim of Nottingham Trent University.