Help finding Book title

[Curley]

Which book starts with the following lines.

Then the big red bus knocked him down in Fitzjohn's avenue, the first thing that floated into Eric's mind was that it was a funny thing--- you think you know well, walk down it every day, but its not till your'e flat on your back in the middle of it that you realise how terribly broad it is, how very tall houses are.

 

[dele]

Is this a test, or do you need a serious answer? Because if it's A, I have no idea. If it's B, give a little bit more information about the book and I might be able to help you out.

 

[Stewart]

Which book starts with the following lines.

You've asked this at a number of sites since the start of the month and it doesn't seem that you've had any answers.

So, can you give us any more information? Is it a quiz question? Is it book you've read? Where did you get the first line from?

 

[Curley]

A quiz question and I think it's a new book.