John Berendt
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Syracuse, New York, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
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The son of two writers, John Berendt grew up in Syracuse, New York. He earned a B.A. in English from Harvard University, where he worked on the staff of The Harvard Lampoon. After graduating in 1961, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in publishing. He was editor of New York magazine from 1977 to 1979, and wrote a monthly column for Esquire from 1982 to 1994.
Berendt first traveled to Savannah in the early 80's, and spent more and more time there over the next few years, until he was there more often than he was in New York.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt avg rating 3.75 — 15,734 ratings — published 1994 38 editions |
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The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt avg rating 3.39 — 2,389 ratings — published 2005 32 editions |
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The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook by Paula Deen, John Berendt avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1998 3 editions |
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Angelo Musco: Operaprena by Angelo Musco, John Berendt avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2003 |
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Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote, John Berendt avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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"Black magic never stops. What goes from you comes to you. Once you start this shit, you gotta keep it up. Just like the utility bill. Just like the grocery store. Or they kill you. You got to keep it up. Two, five, ten, twenty years."
— John Berendt (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
— John Berendt (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
"By morning she was dead. She had not dies of starvation or committed suicide by any conventional means. She had simply willed herself to die, and being a strong-willed woman, she had succeeded. She had missed dying on her birthday by two days.""
— John Berendt (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
— John Berendt (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
""This town is like Gone with the Wind on mescaline!" From Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
— John Berendt
— John Berendt
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