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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a classic of reflection:

" One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had had nothing to do with it: - it was the black kitten's fault entirely ."

The winner receives a ?20 book token and
the closing date is August 3 .

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 correctly identified Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , is Janet Hale of the University of Salford.