![]() ![]() ![]() That being said, the book did make me want to visit Savannah. What I got was actually more of a memoir of the author’s time in Savannah, with the crime mixed in because he just happened to be there. When I picked up Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, I was expecting a scintillating tale of a controversial crime. ![]() And even then, it can take me a long time to get in to those. It seems like every other historical fiction book I read I like. Even worse: when they’re historical novels masquerading as a murder mystery. Things this reader doesn’t like: books that promise an intriguing murder mystery ( or psychological thrills) that don’t deliver until halfway in or more. 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. John Berendt’s sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. 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. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. ![]()
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