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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Paperback

:: Vintage :: Released: 1999-06-28

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Summary Array

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 Is A Sublime And Seductive Reading Experience.  brilliantly Conceived And Masterfully Written, This Enormously Engaging Portrait Of A Most Beguiling Southern City Has Become A Modern Classic.

John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has been heralded as a "lyrical work of nonfiction," and the book's extremely graceful prose depictions of some of Savannah, Georgia's most colorful eccentrics--remarkable characters who could have once prospered in a William Faulkner novel or Eudora Welty short story--were certainly a critical factor in its tremendous success. (One resident into whose orbit Berendt fell, the Lady Chablis, went on to become a minor celebrity in her own right.) But equally important was Berendt's depiction of Savannah socialite Jim Williams as he stands trial for the murder of Danny Hansford, a moody, violence-prone hustler--and sometime companion to Williams--characterized by locals as a "walking streak of sex." So feel free to call it a "true crime classic" without a trace of shame.

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Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published),