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Genre/Form: | Printed books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Berendt, John, 1939- Midnight in the garden of good and evil. New York : Random House, ©1994 (OCoLC)608948639 Online version: Berendt, John, 1939- Midnight in the garden of good and evil. New York : Random House, ©1994 (OCoLC)621934251 (DLC) 93003955 (OCoLC)27975809 |
Named Person: | Jim Williams; Jim Williams; Jim Williams |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Berendt |
ISBN: | 9780307538376 0307538370 0679429220 9780679429227 |
OCLC Number: | 1162513713 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Awards: | Lambda Literary Award, 1994 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Part one. An evening in Mercer House; Destination unknown; The Sentimental gentleman; Settling in; The inventor; The lady of six thousand songs; The Grand Empress of Savannah; Sweet Georgia Brown's; A walking streak of sex; It ain't braggin' if y'really done it; News flash -- Part two. Gunplay; Checks and balances; The party of the year; Civic duty; Trial; A hole in the floor; Midnight in the Garden of good and evil; Lafayette Square, we are here; Sonny; Notes on a rerun; The pod; Lunch; Black minuet; Talk of the town; Another story; Lucky number; Glory; And the angels sing; Afterward. |
Responsibility: | John Berendt. |
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Abstract:
"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."--Jacket.
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