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He said Britain sold arms to at least 30 countries whose human rights records fail to receive the Amnesty International seal of approval and that "British foreign policy has long been a confection of self-interest spiced by opportunism and cling-wrapped in sanctimony."
It is unlikely to fail to play upon the suspicions of such a one that the composition of his most highly esteemed should be that most lately converted into a wan cinematic confection of fretsome abbreviation.
VERBATIM ran an article, “Politically Correct Nomenclature, or, How to Win at Trivial Pursuit and Lose Friends” [XVIII, 4], by Marc A. Schindler, that delved into the subject, particularly with regard to the use of Inuit for Eskimo, though I note that the trade name, Eskimo Pie, has not been changed to Inuit Pie; also, it seems unlikely that the French ice cream confection, Esquimau Gervais, has been hailed into court.
It pulls a couple of amusing tricks with its narrative (the second act doesn't come until after the fourth, whereupon everything starts to--sort of--make sense), but this kind of flimsy romantic confection is either utterly charming or it collapses into a heavy slab of obviousness.
A building called the Catademnon (pungent gust of ancient Greek syllables!) is certainly not merely a confection, reminding us as it does of condemn, Agamenmon, and Parthenon, all of which relate directly to Vance's hero Emphyrio and his tragic fate.