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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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【读品】罗豫/文 虽然在现代小说中，真理与谎言、现实与虚幻这些老对头披着彼此的衣服跑来跑去早已不是什么新鲜事，但这本《午夜善恶花园》还是让人吃了一大惊。如果不看前言和介绍，恐怕读到最后一页也弄不清楚，这究竟是一本小说，还是一部关于美国南部小城沙凡纳的纪实报道...
评分在这样一个偏远小镇上，竟然有这么丰富多彩的人物，他们个个性格各异，并且个个都非常有特殊，每个人都在自己的领地里展示这自己的丰富生活，我很喜欢这些人，虽然他们都存在这很大的缺点，但是他们却过着多彩的，是我们这些过着平凡日子的人所羡慕的，他们真是由于他们...
评分If Winesburg Ohio married In Cold Blood , they would probably produce a child like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil , who bears some resemblance to both parents ,yet definitely has its own distinctive features and worth. If the weirdoes in Winesburg ...
评分一个浓雾笼罩的凌晨，枪声回荡在美国南方古城萨凡纳一座豪华的大庄园内，是谋杀还是自卫？在之后将近十年的肘间，枪击事件引起的轩然大波一直萦绕在这座绿树环绕，广场密布的古城居民的心里。约翰・贝伦特以其犀利笔触以记述萨见纳枪击事件为主线，将自己在这座与世隔离...
评分在哈尔滨和沈阳的病床上看完了《午夜善恶花园》，一本有趣的书，光怪陆离，妙趣横生，作者的叙事方式很巧妙，很流畅，翻译的也不错，难得这么厚的外国小说让我看得有滋有味的。 推荐之。
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exotic, funny and enchanting
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。
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
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