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Word: big-bucks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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Through all of this lush verbal growth, doubt comes creeping toward the reader. What Pifer is up to is no mere suspense story. Somewhat in the manner of Richard Condon, he intends a demolishing burlesque of the big-buck sector of U.S. society. Some of his touches are good. He knows, for instance, the precise frequencies at which high-salaried underlings twitch in the presence of heavy money. He can show two flacks of opposed allegiance snicking at each other with unsheathed falsehoods, and trace the exact grimace of the loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fastmouth in Babylon | 7/13/1970 | See Source »

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