John Berendt Livres

A sublime and seductive reading experience, this engaging portrait of a beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic. On May 2, 1981, shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the incident and its aftermath resonated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. The narrative, both suspenseful and witty, reads like an engrossing novel while being a work of nonfiction. The author skillfully weaves a captivating first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists of a landmark murder case. It features a spellbinding array of characters: well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; a turbulent young redneck gigolo; a hapless recluse with a deadly bottle of poison; an aging Southern belle embodying pampered self-absorption; a hilarious black drag queen; an acerbic antiques dealer; a sweet-talking con artist; young blacks at the debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess casting spells in the graveyard. These Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues in a town where everyone knows everyone else.

Author John Berendt chronicles the lives of baby blue jays after he notices a nest outside his office window and follows their lives from eggs to hatchlings to full grown birds.

When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But the sinister and eccentric figures he meets there are curiously and ominously evasive when Joel asks to see his father.

A mystery, a comedy, and a riveting human drama rolled into one, from the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL