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Word: cipherdom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1986-1986
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...novel's hero, of a sort, turns out to be Benton Lynch, nephew of the bald Jeeter, son of the fat Jeeter, and a lad who "could not ever rise much above cipherdom." The author, of course, elaborates: "He was not blatantly stupid or outright idiotic. There was not anything blatant or outright about him, not anything at all. He mostly simply was not." What Benton does possess, it turns out, is a taste for armed robbery and a lecherous hankering after Jane Elizabeth Firesheets, who is willing to overlook his myriad inadequacies for the thrill of sharing a life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Digressions Off for the Sweet Hereafter | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

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