More precisely, he can invent coolheaded characters who leap off the page, equip them with pricelessly terse dialogue and dream up the kinds of plots that might have worked for O . Henry _ if O . Henry had had a serious interest in lowlife, double-crossing and crime.
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Historian Richard L . Bushman's noted 2005 biography, " Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling ", described Corrill as rational, coolheaded, and cautious, illustrating the " clash between Mormonism and republicanism " when he questioned whether he must sacrifice his freewill or autonomy to the Kingdom of God.
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Nor does it raise much of an eyebrow at Diana's selective memories . ( Hitler was capable of " marvelous drollery " and did a delightful Mussolini impersonation . ) Dalley prefers to laud her subject for the way " a laconic irony _ always coolheaded, effective both in attack and defense _ seemed bred in the bone ."
