![]() Because a large chunk of the book revolves around four murder trials for the same alleged crime, I thought that it would make a perfect book for me to review, particularly because it has been ages since I have written about a non-contemporary work (this column contains light spoilers for the book).Īs the novel opens, Berendt is a New York City-based writer and editor. Originally published in 1994, this “nonfiction novel” that is both a city travelogue and a true crime story was for sale in virtually every store I entered bookstores carried so many copies that you would have thought that it was the spawn of Harry Potter and The Girl on the Train. When I was there, I was struck by the ubiquity of the city’s most famous book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. ![]() A few months ago, I visited Savannah, Georgia, a fun city known for its open-container laws and the fact that it touts itself as the most haunted city in the United States (sorry sexist trolls, but Savannah’s spooky city squares would provide a great location for a sequel to this year’s Ghostbusters film). ![]()
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