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020			_a9780679429227
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035			_a(KOHALIB)isbn-9780679429227
040			_aKOHALIB _beng _erda _cKOHALIB
082	0	4	_a975.8724 _223
100	1		_aBerendt, John.
245	1	0	_aMidnight in the garden of good and evil : _ba Savannah story / _cJohn Berendt.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c1994.
300			_a388 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aRead John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in Large Print. All Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typefaceShots 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.
590			_aInventory: Single copy, entry 446; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A
650		4	_aSocial Life and Customs
650		4	_aTrials (Murder)
650		4	_aTrue Crime
650		4	_aNonfiction
650		4	_aHistory
650		4	_aCelebrities
650		4	_aDescription and Travel
650		4	_aTours
942			_cBOOK _2ddc
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