All this research has paid off in spades: the end result is a novel so steeped in period detail that the extracts lifted from original sources sit eloquently alongside the fictionalised account, the transition between the two being effortlessly smooth.
An Easter treat for THUMP readers: we've got a cracking Citizen remix of Ben Pearce and Black Orange Juice's "Predictable," an effortlessly smooth house banger with sunshine laced throughout, and premiered on Skream's BBC Radio 1 show on Friday night.
The director is a dextrous visual stylist, moving effortlessly from smooth, gleaming surfaces photographed in slow motion to grainy, slightly sped-up frames in the very same shot.
The Mobi moves effortlessly across almost any smooth surface and, in an odd way, looks like Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons.
For après at Mount Parnassus, skiers tend to return to their hotels, freshen up, dress in effortlessly casual evening wear (smooth black leggings and a stylish pair of flat, over-the-knee boots are de rigueur) and head into the town of Arahova for dinner at a taverna, often around 9 p.m. (Greeks tend to eat quite late).
They've shed the flannels, Kangols, baby weight (looking good P!) and now appear as a pair of smooth cats; effortlessly donning leather jackets, tight black jeans and some seriously shiny hardware - all of which supports their image as ladykilling studs.
From the outside, the old studio system seemed to run effortlessly, its gears slicked and slippery smooth, but in truth it was always plagued by cycles of uncertainty and retrenchment; it was a perpetual mutating machine.
Called both a "surgical disaster" and a "medical miracle," I don't have a body quite like I'd imagine everyone else's to be -- a feminine figure with smooth flesh, voluptuous curves, effortlessly flaunting tight mini-skirts and throwing on a tee-shirt without worrying if certain medical additions are exposed -- at least, that's how I thought everyone felt about their body.
Mount Merina Road," he said, effortlessly directing the big Nash down the smooth thoroughfare that runs parallel to the river.
Yes, it's smooth, fast and delivers power effortlessly without the painful fuel bills of a bigger V8 petrol, but it will still only get you 30mpg.
George PaSune-Watson (Sun): Well-dressed smoperatorrator who has slipped effortlessly into Trevor Kavanagh's job and does it with aplomb and style.
