![]() ![]() ![]() The book was an immediate success when first published. This book was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1997, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring John Cusack. It tells the story of John Berendts experience living in Savannah during a sensational murder trial. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, tells the true story of the murder trial of Jim Williams in Georgia. ![]() ![]() Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was his first book, spending a record-setting 216 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Its a cavalcade of grotesques to rank alongside. In publisher’s dust jacket, $23.00 retail price on front flap, faint creasing to spine, a touch of rubbing to corners, a near fine example. Berendt published Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in 1994 and became an overnight success the book spent a record-breaking 216 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list 2 still, to this day, the longest standing best seller of the Times. It is not often that I laugh out loud at a book but Berendts masterpiece got that reaction more than once. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Stated “first edition” on copyright page with publisher’s full number line beginning with “2.” Solid text block, slight bend to spine, a near fine example. For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. Green hardcover, black spine, title stamped in green on spine. First edition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt. ![]()
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