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New York: Random House, 1994 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose inventor who owns a bottle of poison powerful enough to kill everyone in town. A prominent antiques dealer who hangs a Nazi flag from his window to disrupt the shooting of a movie. And a redneck gigolo whose conquests describe him as a "walking streak of sex." These are some of the real residents of Savannah, Georgia, a city whose eccentric mores are unerringly observed -- and whose dirty linen is gleefully aired -- in this utterly irresistible book. At once a true-crime murder story and a hugely entertaining and deliciously perverse travelogue, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is as bracing and intoxicating as half-a-dozen mint juleps.388p..

New York: Random House, 1994. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The full story of the 1981 murder (or self-defense?) that took place in one of Savannah, Georgia's finest mansions, presented in a narrative form full of remarkable characters, scandals, intrigue, and many surprises - yet made up of true events that still reverberate today throughout that community. Later made into a major motion picture. Hardcover with dust jacket, 388pp., spine a bit shaky, some print bleeding to jacket referse and a tiny bit to upper edge of inside rear board. A very nice copy overall, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Random House. first printing,1994. Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo,boards,388pp. sign of first printing is misspelling of "for" line 32 page 11 "fmr". tiny mirror stain margin pages 10 & 11 else clean,tight,text. slight slant spine,light shelfwear,cover. edgewear,yellowing,price clipped dust jacket. light smudging foredges. true crime.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city-now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the authorElegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.-The New York Times Book ReviewShots rang out in Savannahs 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. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John 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 Womans Card Club; the turbulent young 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 drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people 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.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.

New York: Random House, 1994. First edition, fourth printing. Hard cover binding. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.

Clean and tight. DJ in archival cover.

Stated First Edition with correct number row. NEAR-FINE (SLIGHT EDGE FOXING) IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET (ONE SMALL FLAP CREASE). NO WRITING OR NAMES.

(First Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight umarked copy.

New York: Random House, 1994. First edition. Hard cover binding. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.