Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt's atmospheric portrait of Savannah, Georgia, centres on antiques dealer Jim Williams, tried four times for the shooting of his young assistant Danny Hansford in a lavish mansion. Populated by unforgettable eccentrics, drag queens and socialites, the book blends travelogue, society comedy and courtroom drama into a richly Southern Gothic true-crime classic.

ISBN 9780679643418 · Random House · 1994