The Very Last Word is a collection of newspaper columns originally published in the "Observer" in Dunkirk, New York. This book is the third compilation of Daniel O'Rourke's columns. Like the previous books, it is a reader. The sixty or so short chapters deal with life and death, spirituality and materialism, politics and prejudice. This book is to be read gently. Pick a chapter carefully. Read it and reflect upon it. This is not a novel to be read cover to cover; it is spiritual reading.