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MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story.
by Berendt, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine first state dust jacket (original price of $23 on the dust jacket flap and the praise from Ann Beattie at the top /fine first state
- ISBN 10
- 0679429220
- ISBN 13
- 9780679429227
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Random House,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine first state dust jacket (original price of $23 on the dust jacket flap and the praise from Ann Beattie at the top of the rear cover ) . First printing. A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Winner of the Southern Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer. A true first with the errors on page 11, line 32 (the same error also occurs on p 214, line 18), and page 32, line 1. Publisher's promotional material and review slip for a planned 1995 edition laid in. These materials comment that there were over 700,000 copies in print (and that was before the movie was released) and the reported first printing was only 25,000 copies, a very small printing for a book which became a surprise bestseller but typical for an author's first book. 388 pp.
Synopsis
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a work by John Berendt. The book was Berendt's first, and became a The New York Times bestseller for 216 weeks following its debut. The book was subsequently made into a 1997 movie directed by Clint Eastwood based loosely on Berendt's story.
Reviews
On Oct 9 2010, Carolineshank said:
i loved this book, and the movie too
On Oct 6 2010, Bren Books.com said:
This book has everything one wants in a good read: A mystery, a terrific and unique geographical place, amazing and eccentric characters and a very well written story told by an excellent narrator and observer. Plus it is based on real events which if this were fiction--would seem unbelievable.The movie is a pale echo so do read the book and only see the movie for Lady Chablis's appearance.
On Oct 4 2010, Mahenry6484 said:
This book is a great Murder mystery in the same themes as Sherlock Holmes Mysteries.Just when you think you have it fiqured out- you don't!The end will come as a great surprise!I loved it. Recommend to mystery lovers everywhere.
On Oct 4 2010, JPasky87hotmailcom said:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65634
- Title
- MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story.
- Author
- Berendt, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine first state dust jacket (original price of $23 on the dust jacket flap and the praise from Ann Beattie at the top
- Jacket Condition
- fine first state
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679429220
- ISBN 13
- 9780679429227
- Publisher
- Random House,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1994.)
- Keywords
- georgia, movie tie-in, southern writer, Southern Book Award
- Bookseller catalogs
- Criminology and True Crime;
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