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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from the first book of a philosopher present at the Russian revolution:

"No thinker in the 19th century has had so direct, deliberate and powerful an influence upon mankind as Karl Marx."

The winner receives a ?20 book token and
the closing date is October 13.

Entries should be sent to

First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1 9XY

faxed to 0171-782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Cato's Guilty Men , is David Martin of the University of Sheffield.