This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel written on the brink of the second world war:
"The idea really came to me the day I got my new set of false teeth."
The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and
the closing date is November 6.
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 Albert Camus's The Outsider , is Catherine Liddicott of the University of Central England in Birmingham.
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