Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt, 1994
A reporter drifts into Savannah's closed world of antiques, manners and eccentrics, where a killing turns social comedy into something darker.
John Berendt
Berendt first visited Savannah in 1981 and ended up staying for years; he reported the book over nearly a decade, living part-time in the city.
Feels like curiosity, society and unease.
What a city gains by refusing to let the world in.
For me, Savannah’s resistance to change was its saving grace. The city looked inward, sealed off from the noises and distractions of the world at large. It grew inward, too, and in such a way that its people flourished like hothouse plants tended by an indulgent gardener. The ordinary became extraordinary. Eccentrics thrived. Every nuance and quirk of personality achieved greater brilliance in that lush enclosure than would have been possible anywhere else in the world. Books by John Berendt
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