Signed John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 1994 Hardcover Good

Random House, 1994. Signed hardcover with dust jacket of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. The author John Berendt has signed the front free end paper. 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. Good condition. 2-inch liquid stain to the back of the dust jacket spine that does not present on the front of the DJ or book itself. Dust jacket price clipped. Previous owner's gift inscription to the half-title page. Solid book with shelf wear.