Midnight in the garden of good and evil : a Savannah story / John Berendt.
"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."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679429227
- ISBN: 0679429220
- ISBN: 9780679751526
- ISBN: 0679751521
- ISBN: 9780385365468
- Physical Description: 388 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [1994]
- Copyright: ©1994
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. An Evening in Mercer House 3 -- 2. Destination Unknown 24 -- 3. Sentimental Gentleman 37 -- 4. Settling In 51 -- 5. Inventor 61 -- 6. Lady of Six Thousand Songs 77 -- 7. Grand Empress of Savannah 94 -- 8. Sweet Georgia Brown's 124 -- 9. A Walking Streak of Sex 128 -- 10. It Ain't Braggin' If Y'Really Done It 141 -- 11. News Flash 166 -- 12. Gunplay 171 -- 13. Checks and Balances 180 -- 14. Party of the Year 186 -- 15. Civic Duty 202 -- 16. Trial 210 -- 17. A Hole in the Floor 232 -- 18. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 238 -- 19. Lafayette Square, We Are Here 254 -- 20. Sonny 263 -- 21. Notes on a Rerun 276 -- 22. Pod 291 -- 23. Lunch 299 -- 24. Black Minuet 309 -- 25. Talk of the Town 329 -- 26. Another Story 341 -- 27. Lucky Number 351 -- 28. Glory 365 -- 29. And the Angels Sing 370.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.2 21 19791.
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