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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... read more
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is atmospheric and Southern Gothic in tone, depicting a wide range of eccentric Savannah personalities.
The action that serves as a catalyst in the book is the killing of Danny Hansford, a local hustler (characterized as "a good time not yet had by... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Jim Williams: millionaire
- Danny Hansford: young; he takes drugs
- Joe Odom: lawyer
- Luther Diggers: crazy savant
- Minerva: Witch
- Lady Chablis: I don't Know lololol
First Sentence
He was tall, about fifty, with darkly handsome, almost sinister features: a neatly trimmed mustache, hair turning silver at the temples, and eyes so black they were like the tinted windows of a sleek limousine-he could see out, but you couldn't see in.
Table of Contents
Part One
1. An Evening in Mercer House
2. Destination Unknown
3. The Sentimental Gentlewoman
4. Settling In
5. The Inventor
6. The Lady of Six Thousand Songs
7. The Grand Empress of Savannah
8. Sweet Georgia Brown's
9. Walking Streak of Sex
10. It Ain't Braggin' If Y'Really Done It
11. News Flash
Part Two
12. Gunplay
13. Checks and Balances
14. The Party of the Year
15. Civic Duty
16. Trial
17. A Hole in the Floor
18. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
19. Lafayette Square, We Are Here
20. Sonny
21. Notes on a Rerun
22. The Pod
23. Lunch
24. Black Minuet
25. Talk of the Town
26. Another Story
27. Lucky Number
28. Glory
29. And the Angels Sing
30. Afterword
Authors & Contributors
- John Berendt (Author)
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