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Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
John Berendt
Vintage
July 1999
On Sale: June 28, 1999
386 pages
ISBN: 0679751521
EAN: 9780679751526
Kindle: B003JMFKVK
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Non-Fiction | True Crime
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the
misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it
murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the
shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this
hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded
squares. John Berendt's sharply observed,
suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly
engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of
nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a
hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this
isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable
twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of
remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the
Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck
gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so
powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in
Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the
"soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny
black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer;
the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks
dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva,
the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at
midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a
Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances,
hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where
everyone knows everyone else. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
is a sublime and seductive reading
experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully
written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most
beguiling Southern city is certain to become a modern classic.
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