Final Word

This Final Word comes from the epilogue of a book by an author who remains unconvinced by the terminally ambitious:

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Adam felt acutely embarrassed. Whatever they should have done, they should not have laughed."

The winner of last week's competition, who identified George Steiner's The Death of Tragedy , is W. D. Redfern of Reading, Berkshire.