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| Genre/Form: | History Downloadable e-Books |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Jim Williams; Jim Williams |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Berendt |
| ISBN: | 9780679429227 0679429220 9780307538376 0307538370 |
| OCLC Number: | 906021640 |
| Awards: | Awards: Lambda Literary Award, 1994 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (Downloadable e-book.) |
| Contents: | 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 -- ; 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. |
| Responsibility: | John Berendt. |
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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