My top books by ending. By ending I mean the actual final fragment, never more than a sentence, followed by the actual quote.

Perhaps the least useful article in my website. If you have read the book, it might make you smirk in recognition, but, brilliant though these bits are, if you haven't read all the preceding pages then they will mean nothing to you. It should't, however, spoil any future readings of the the book.

Inclusion on this list is a recommendation, for sure.

1. Thomas Pynchon - The Crying of ot 49: "the crying of lot 49."
2. Flann O'brien - The Third Policeman: "- Is this about a bicycle?"
3. São Banaboião, Anacoreta e Mártir: "porque demoraste tanto?"