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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.
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 aging 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.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic.
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The ordinary became extraordinary. Eccentrics thrived. Every nuance and quirk of personality achieved greater brilliance in that lush enclosure than would have been possible anywhere else in the world.
评分十五年前看过改编电影完全没任何印象，前几天去旅行才意识到这书是写萨瓦纳的，因为完全被城市迷住所以回来立即找来读，惊为天人，感觉被作者带着又走了一遍全城所有的house tour, history tour, ghost tour，字里行间都能体会到小城的气息，这种奇怪独特又迷人的气质勾得我也想一次次再回去，或者默默住上半年。如何写一座城市，这书真是极致了。电影根本改不出来的。
评分逼格极高的pure gossip。有人可能认为这本书的成功源于Savannah这地方太特殊，又碰巧遇到一班超有料的cast，谋杀案就更是锦上添花。我倒觉得不管在哪个城市哪个小镇，只要挖的够深，都能掘出个jim williams、danny hansford、chablis。
评分没有想到西方国家也有这么多街坊邻里之间的八卦可以深挖的。去过Savannah以后再回来读，就很容易想象一个个人物走过一个个广场一条条街道的样子，原来那些美丽的建筑里还有这么多的故事。
评分exotic, funny and enchanting
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