First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Marxist cricket writer:

"Christopher Columbus landed first in the New World at the island of San Salvador, and after praising God enquired urgently for gold."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and the closing date is October 16.

Entries, including postal address, 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 Charles Dickens's Sketches by Boz , is Lorie Charlesworth of Liverpool John Moores University.

 

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