Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Beskrivning

Titel: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Författare: John Berendt
ISBN: 0679429220
Förlag: Random House
Utgivningsår: 1994
Bandtyp: Inbunden, ryggklotband med skyddsomslag
Språk: Engelska
Skick: Mycket gott skick – något veckade ryggändar; några sidor har vikta övre hörn, längst ut på hörnen. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick – framsidans övre kant är något böjd; något nötta ryggändar; små veck vid övre kanter.

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. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John 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 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 drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people 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.

Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city.

“Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review