Does anyone here recognize this story?
Hi, I’m searching for a sci-fi short story I read in the 80s or early 90s: a person about to face a firing squad is allowed a final sentence. He uses rather latinate language to describe the mental capabilities of his shooters-to-be, their ancestry, etc. The single sentence goes on for some 1500+ words, and finishes with “not with a whimper, but a …..BANG!” I have the impression that the author was translated out of perhaps Spanish… Can you help?