03524cam a2200349 4500 1690107173 TxAuBib 20241101120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307933393 0307933393 f9a43567-189c-43b4-872e-98086fd2a0f1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 192908 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Berendt, John, 1939- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil [Libby Audiobook]. Books on Tape, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 417MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 417MB. HTML:NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book Review 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 true-crime book has become a modern classic. True Crime. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-31 20:00:03. Woodman, Jeff. Damron, Will. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/192908-MidnightInTheGardenOfGoodAndEvil.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F9A43567-189C-43B4-872E-98086FD2A0F1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/192908-MidnightInTheGardenOfGoodAndEvil.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F9A43567-189C-43B4-872E-98086FD2A0F1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) BTCLS