First Impressions

July 21, 2006

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who originally trained as an architect:

"May in Ayemenem is a hot brooding month"

* Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The Times Higher , Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX, faxed to 020 7782 3300 or e-mailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is July 24.

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract, is John Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University.

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