This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who was also a tough guy:
"Robert Cohn was once a middleweight boxing champion of Princeton."
The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's book voucher and
the closing date is May 15.
Entries 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 Michael Frayn's Towards the End of the Morning , is Brian Howlett of Skipton, North Yorkshire.