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Midnight in the garden of good and evil [sound recording] / by John Berendt.

by Berendt, John.

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Random House Audiobooks, p1997, c1995.

COMPACT DISC 975.8724 B488m

Williams, Jim, 1931-1990.

Trials (Murder) -- Georgia -- Savannah.

Celebrities -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History.

Savannah (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.

Savannah (Ga.) -- History.

[sound recording] /

3 compact discs (3:10 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm.

Read by Anthony Heald.

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.

Adult books on CD.

Heald, Anthony.

Random House Audio Publishing.

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