Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

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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.



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  • ISBN10 129911413X
  • ISBN13 9781299114135
  • Publish Date 1 January 2010 (first published 1 January 1994)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 8 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Vintage
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format eBook
  • Language English
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