Benign Violence“Some surgeons are just lucky,” according to one doctor. But a surgeon’s luck is a matter of skill and characterBy Mark KramerMay 1983 Issue ShareSave About the AuthorMark KramerMark Kramer is the founder of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism and the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, and the author of Three Farms, Invasive Procedures, and Travels With a Hungry Bear.