Faulks's hedge fund villain John Veals is a brilliantly bad, Melmotte-like insider; Cartwright like Robert Harris in last autumn's The Fear Index looks at how old-fashioned bankers floundered in an era of bafflingly complex derivatives and fast money; while Lanchester's Roger Yount, between lusting after his children's nanny and despairing over a "mere" £30,000 bonus, is a character many would have thought impossible – a banker who arouses our sympathy. ❋ Unknown (2012)
There's not much actual comedy – though I did laugh to the point of pain at a cod-Gothic story written in his student days – and he does throw in one or two bafflingly bad blow-job gags, even commenting at one point: "God, I've turned into Jimmy Carr." ❋ Stephanie Merritt (2010)
Additionally, faking DNA to this level (e.g., synthesizing pieces of DNA that will stand up to scrutiny) is extremely cost-prohibitive and bafflingly complex. ❋ Unknown (2009)
“Also, not that what I think matters or means much here, but my first response to the monkey cartoon (and this is coming from NYC, where the relevant stories all played widely) was: either baldly racist or bafflingly clueless.” ❋ Unknown (2009)
The film is hampered by shoddy CGI which are bafflingly utilized in EVERY action set piece; you simply cannot escape the mediocrity. ❋ Unknown (2010)
We're a little concerned about the parts of the movie he claims to have enjoyed, but are glad to see he's still gracing the Internet with his bafflingly entertaining presence. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)
On the subject of hip-hop, considering the degree to which it permeates all aspects of contemporary black life, Touré is bafflingly reticent. ❋ Thomas Chatterton Williams (2011)
Wieseltier often employs bafflingly obscurantist, elliptical, oneiric swirls of thought meant to wow his readers with his putative Kant-like gifts. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She says she doesn't mind that her book is classified, for bookshop purposes, under humour far better than travel, where, bafflingly, it ended up first. ❋ Unknown (2011)
This is just too bafflingly wrong for words to describe. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Also, not that what I think matters or means much here, but my first response to the monkey cartoon (and this is coming from NYC, where the relevant stories all played widely) was: either baldly racist or bafflingly clueless. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Tired eyes look big and awake, while, bafflingly, bare skin looks subtly made-up. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Many art scholars regard Houghton's conduct as bafflingly destructive. ❋ Melik Kaylan (2011)
Dr Rowan Tomlinson, of New College, said: "The state school percentage, of which some of us seem bafflingly proud, is deceptive." ❋ Unknown (2011)
