In her review of Emperor of America below, Conroy questions Condon on a variety of topics, including his politics, his writings, and his future plans.

In the following interview, Baker presents Condon's comments on his writing career, including highlights from his personal life.

Below, Westlake calls The Venerable Bead "a lot of fun, loose-jointed, manic, over the top from first word to last."

In the following obituary, Gussow reviews Condon's literary career and life.

Below, McCarry reminisces about Condon's most significant novels and his contribution to the genre.

In the review below, Mitgang discusses the targets of Condon's satire in The Final Addiction.

In the review below, Cantor analyzes the plot of The Venerable Bead.

In the review below, Queenan finds Prizzi's Money "riotously funny," emphasizing Condon's "acid prose."

In the following review. Heard profiles the central characters in The Final Addiction, concluding that Condon "keeps things running nicely."

In the following essay, Mann relates the difficulties of transforming Condon's novels into screenplays

In the essay below, Neill reviews Condon's life and literary accomplishments.

In the obituary below, Oliver presents a summary of Condon's life and career.

In the following review, Skow comments on the characters of Prizzi's Family.

In the following excerpt, Mitgang lauds Condon's mockery of the politically powerful in The Venerable Bead.

In the review below, Patrick praises Condon's characterization in Prizzi's Glory.

Richard Condon has tireless wit (though sometimes it fatigues the reader) and must enjoy what he is doing without necessarily believing it. And what he does can be fun—Nabokov without tears. (p. 10) From internal evidence, one judges that [Condon] knows full well what he is doing, even if he might prefer to be doing something wise rather than shrewd. He bills ["Bandicoot"] as the companion to "Arigato," which is one I missed; but burrowing "as fast as a man can dig&...

In the review below, Inagaki claims that Prizzi's Money is "enjoyable reading."

Below, the critic briefly summarizes the major themes of The Venerable Bead.

In the following excerpt, Petrakos gives a brief, favorable review of Prizzi's Money.

In the following excerpt, Champlin finds Condon's "gift for the preposterous undiminished" in Prizzi's Glory.

[Bandicott] has some very funny redeeming qualities: Yvonne Bonnette, the hero's mistress, has the body of "a ripened Nereid every square inch of whose skin was an erogenous zone." In the boudoir, when not otherwise engaged, she plays the saxophone…. Such humor, however, is sporadic in Bandicoot. And even when it surfaces, sometimes with rib-tickling effect, it is undermined by Condon's complete lack of restraint. A less experienced writer could be excused for this overkil...

Condon is a romper, and [Bandicoot] is one of his wilder and funnier romps. The plot? Forget it! The story concerns a gambling-mad ex-British naval captain, Japanese industrialists (they stretch their Rolls-Royces a few feet to make them the world's longest), oil deposits under Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Unlike other writers of improbable derring-do, Condon gives lots of little side essays on such things as ballooning, opal mining, haute cuisine, and sexual positions. William...

Satire is always difficult to write and often is difficult to understand. We have read the works of many authors who have failed in their attempts; not Condon. He's a master at it…. In a very funny, wild chase across the Australian outback—including a flight in a balloon—Condon pulls out all stops [in Bandicoot]. Condon deals in impossible situations but he makes them very plausible—and funny. (p. 31) Rick Davis, in West Coast Review of Books (copyright 1978 b...