Dr. King's Refrigerator and Other Bedtime Stories by Charles Johnson Scribner, February 2005 $20, ISBN 0-743-26453-3
A submerged brilliance dwells in all the novellas that make up Johnson's Dr. King's Refrigerator. Even though the author refrains from interrupting the even flow of his storytelling with loudening moments of intrigue, his intimate grasp of life, and the subtleties of the human experience make this book a deeply satisfying reading adventure.
Johnson, a professor of English at the University of Washington in Seattle, invents his science, contemporary and historical fiction with insight and precision, speaking to the depth of the author's …
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