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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work that takes its title from the old English word for oak:

"The village lies folded away in one of the shallow valleys which dip into the East Anglian coastal plain."

The winner receives a ?20 book token and
the closing date is April 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 correctly identified Gabriel Garc¨ªa M¨¢rquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude , is Kirsty McKnight of Aberdeen.