MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL John Berendt 1st/1st
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MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL John Berendt 1st/1st
A first USA edition, first print hardback copy of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, by John Berendt and published by Random House, New York in 1994. Full numberline: 02468B97531.The book is in very good condition (two-tone black boards with slightly faded gold lettering to spine) with some minor wear to the dust jacket, which is not price clipped and shows no price (light rubbing/creasing to edges, one or two chips, slightly bumped corners, very light moisture damage along inside top edge, not visible from outside). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
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 ageing 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.388 pagesISBN: 0 679 42922 0
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