Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

Oct 02, 2010 Sunflower rated it liked it

Shelves: non-fiction-read-2010

One of the best titles around, and apparently a real boost to the tourism trade of Savannah. Having read the book, I have joined the numbers who want to hop on a plane and go there to see the place for themselves.
This is a book about a murder, and the ripples that event caused to the people and the place. That it is true only adds to the strangeness of the story, and as time passes the author has to write himself into the story because he becomes part of it.

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Apr 04, 2009 fyc rated it really liked it

I read this book a long time ago but forgot that I had until I started reading it this time around. I must not have liked it much the first time because the facts don't come back to me very quickly and I've forgotten a lot of things (like Chablis) that I shouldn't have. I usually have good recall of a book that I've read and enjoyed so I must not have cared much for this one the first time around. This time, however, I was amused and fascinated by it. It is so full of eccentrics that I couldn't ...more

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Jun 24, 2008 Dyanna rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction

I saw this movie back in high school and knew it was based on a book. The story was really good, even better when you realize it's all true. A good "Yankee's" view of Southern decedance. ...more

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