What do you understand from the last sentence?
It’s a cliché to advise writers to avoid clichés. Every
time you have a story about a child being left
unattended you can reach for the phrase home
alone; every time two motorists exchange angry
words it’s obviously a case of road rage; escapes
from prison are always daring and inquiries always
in depth.The regular use of these predictable words
and phrases is numbing and indicates a lack of
thought and effort.
In themselves, clichés are a form of shorthand
and we would be hard pressed to do without
them altogether.There are probably some lurking
within the pages of this guide. However, in the final
analysis, Clichéville is a town which bears all the
hallmarks of the angry clashes which occur with
monotonous regularity.

I couldn't really figure out what the last sentence means above, could you please help me out? Thanks in advance!

Question

What do you understand from the last sentence?
It’s a cliché to advise writers to avoid clichés. Every
time you have a story about a child being left
unattended you can reach for the phrase home
alone; every time two motorists exchange angry
words it’s obviously a case of road rage; escapes
from prison are always daring and inquiries always
in depth.The regular use of these predictable words
and phrases is numbing and indicates a lack of
thought and effort.
In themselves, clichés are a form of shorthand
and we would be hard pressed to do without
them altogether.There are probably some lurking
within the pages of this guide. However, in the final
analysis, Clichéville is a town which bears all the
hallmarks of the angry clashes which occur with
monotonous regularity.

I couldn't really figure out what the last sentence means above, could you please help me out? Thanks in advance!

Answer

The literal meaning is a bit irrelevant here, and in truth, it doesn't really mean anything, it's a sentence with many words but devoid of real meaning. 
But this is the main point: the last sentence is a form of irony. The author writes at length about how clichés are undesirable and to be avoided, and in the last sentence he/she goes and drops four of them in a row ("Clichéville", "bears all the hallmarks", "angry clashes", "monotonous regularity"), and in all that avalanche of words, he actually says nothing.

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