LoginMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
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13 years, 3 months ago at Feb 4 21:33
I liked this book about Savannah and what happened there in 1981 and afterwards. Just learning about the city's history and its inhabitants was worth the read. I look forward to seeing the movie.
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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 t
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Manufacturer: Vintage Books
Release date: 28 June 1999
ISBN-10 : 0679751521 | ISBN-13: 9780679751526
Release date: 28 June 1999
ISBN-10 : 0679751521 | ISBN-13: 9780679751526
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