Re: The Last Line

On 7/12/2010 10:50 PM, Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Ian wrote:
The Irish Times had a nice article on the closing lines of books today:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0710/1224274381535.html


Interesting. We tend to remember opening lines more than we do closing
lines. I am going to have to give some more thought to the endings of
books I have read.


I'd never thought much about last lines either, though I do remember sometimes feeling let down by the way a book ended. I'll be paying much more attention in the future.

Ian
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