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     Amid thundering applause, he rose up again on the stage as everybody waited for him to begin with what he had promised to offer them that night: the greatest act he had ever performed, the Last Joke. The white and red make-up on his face shone as bright as any other night, so did that stretched-out wide smile.

     ‘You know, my wife - she always asks me if I know anything more than just...