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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尽管在《午夜善恶花园》一书前言的开头部分作者约翰·伯兰特就提醒读者“这本书的确是一部非虚构作品，所有的人物和他们的故事都是真实的”，读者难免还是会将这段表白视作狡猾作者的一种文字游戏，并不当真，仍然抱着读小说的心态读下去。但是，这本书越往后读越让人生出拿起...
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評分当第一眼看书的封面就觉得自己会喜欢这本书了，怪异的感觉。 不知怎么总觉得这本书很有趣。 可能就是因为这些“八卦”吧。 觉得当地的人们都挺可爱的。 作者真的运气不错。 哈哈。
評分看完书之后就想，它如何能高居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜5年之久？虽然中西方人的阅读习惯和审美标准会有差异，但是差异其实远没有大家想想的那么大。而真正优秀的文学作品不管是放在任何地域和环境中都是同样精彩的。 如果说这本书最吸引人眼球的地方，就是“沙凡纳”这个在...
評分一本书，名字叫《午夜善恶花园》，却无关善恶，亦无关午夜。书里写的是一个小城，一个名叫沙凡纳（Savannah）的小城，美国南部的一个普通小城，虽然在《金银岛》和《飘》里面都露过脸儿，却都是几乎没有台词的小角色。这本书，要让沙凡纳做主角，还需得找些不大平凡的故事。幸...
用戶評價
Witty and wicked, elegant and enchanting. John Berendt's words have such a magic that makes you want to visit this wild, beautiful, dangerous, and parochial city.
评分02/28/2017 P 倒不能說多有意思，可是對於薩凡納小城的描寫確實對旅行大有裨益。
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
评分Witty and wicked, elegant and enchanting. John Berendt's words have such a magic that makes you want to visit this wild, beautiful, dangerous, and parochial city.
评分02/28/2017 P 倒不能說多有意思，可是對於薩凡納小城的描寫確實對旅行大有裨益。
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