Word: condonable
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...worse books have been written for better motives, however, and despite the overcomplicated substructure, Buckholz's novel is an intermittent delight. The author is the best free-associating baloney stuffer since Richard Condon got tired. Matthew Mendelsohn's lies are good lies indeed -grossly outrageous and very funny. There is the lie of the Jewish Miss Universe, the lie of Matthew's buddy's on-the-battlefield commission, the truly evil-minded lie of Rosa the Kisser. Each is an authentic zircon, guaranteed to scratch cheese, free of defects for 90 days, less parts and labor...
Northeastern charged back on its first power play opportunity getting a goal by Dan Condon at 18:40 just 19 seconds after McManama was whistled into the box for holding. The Crimson skated into the locker room with a one goal margin...
...Condon scored his second of the night and Northeastern's lone tally of the period on a hard shot from about ten feet out in front. Bill Corkery the scoring at 19:03 with the Husky's Norm Reise off the ice for holding...
Northeastern's Den Condon spoiled Harvard's bid for their first shutout of the season on a low 15 footer at 12:15 that beat Steve Perry, who replaced Bertagna about midway through the third period...
Otherwise the story is a promising crime caper, involving the theft of millions of dollars worth of wine. Condon's throwaway lines have all their old weird wonder. Any one of the enormities he assigns to his characters at the rate of three a page would have fueled a complete farce. Jangling together they achieve only a certain frenzy, and give the odd impression of a man shouting desperately to avoid hearing something...