Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (CD Audiobook) - 9780739321508
Un libro in lingua di John Berendt Heald Anthony (NRT) edito da Random House, 2005
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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: A Savannah Story is a sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city is certain to become a modern classic.
From the Hardcover edition.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (CD Audiobook)
- Sottotitolo: A Savannah Story
- Lingua: English
- Autori : John Berendt Heald Anthony (NRT)
- Editore: Random House
- Collana: Random House (CD/Spoken Word)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Agosto '05
- Genere: TRUE CRIME
- Argomenti : Celebrities Georgia Savannah History Murder Georgia Savannah Case studies Trials (Murder) Georgia Savannah Case studies
- Dimensioni mm: 146 x 120 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0739321501
- EAN-13: 9780739321508