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Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981.Was it murder or self-defense?For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares.John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction.Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case.
It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight.These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else.
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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【读品】罗豫/文 虽然在现代小说中，真理与谎言、现实与虚幻这些老对头披着彼此的衣服跑来跑去早已不是什么新鲜事，但这本《午夜善恶花园》还是让人吃了一大惊。如果不看前言和介绍，恐怕读到最后一页也弄不清楚，这究竟是一本小说，还是一部关于美国南部小城沙凡纳的纪实报道...
评分【读品】罗豫/文 虽然在现代小说中，真理与谎言、现实与虚幻这些老对头披着彼此的衣服跑来跑去早已不是什么新鲜事，但这本《午夜善恶花园》还是让人吃了一大惊。如果不看前言和介绍，恐怕读到最后一页也弄不清楚，这究竟是一本小说，还是一部关于美国南部小城沙凡纳的纪实报道...
评分“南国有佳人，绝世而独立。”——在美国文学史册上，“南方文学”宛若南国佳人，总有一番别样的风姿。艾伦•泰特在《南方的文学职业》一文中曾提到美国南方小说家具有一种“特殊的历史感”，由于这种“历史感”，才造成了“我们处在历史十字路口时所出现的奇异的文化爆发”...
评分这本书我毫不费力的看完了，但是确实对于本书畅销程度不是很理解，个人认为严格的说，这本小说一定程度反应了作者的人生态度和语言环境。读起来其实没有感觉到更深的悬疑逻辑，其实是对沙凡纳这座城市所体现的生活氛围的一种诠释，在描述中自然得让读者领略到生活中的不羁与人...
评分不晓得有没有人考证过，炎热的气候会不会让人比较爱唠叨，而寒冷的气候是不是就让人和爱斯基摩人一样地惜字如金、沉默寡言？兴许，是因为闷热潮湿的天气在作怪，让美国南部的小城居民都用劲没处使，染上了爱八卦的毛病，无论好事坏事，一下子就能传遍全城，人人都知道别人在干...
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开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
评分没有想到西方国家也有这么多街坊邻里之间的八卦可以深挖的。去过Savannah以后再回来读，就很容易想象一个个人物走过一个个广场一条条街道的样子，原来那些美丽的建筑里还有这么多的故事。
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