First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book that ends with the escape of a pterodactyl:

"Mr Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth, a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centred upon his own silly self."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and the closing date is July 23.

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 Christopher Isherwood's Lions and Shadows , is Alan Stanton of Richmond, Surrey.

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