Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Matt Beckwith
filled with cute anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
Ron Brennan
: This is a delightful book. I don't usually like non-fiction, or books
: filled with cute anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
i read this recently on a friend's recommendation. it was indeed very
curious. the first half of the book is pure character development, no
hint of plot. very few authors seem to be able to pull that off, even with
the extraordinary cast of characters he has to work with.
i was a touch disappointed with the actual story however. i thought the
actual plot (when he got to it) was shortchanged. three-quarters of the
book on the characters, one-quarter on the story could have been a bit
more balanced. overall a high recommendation from me though.
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ron brennan "do you simply reflect changes in the patterns of
ron...@netcom.com the sky / or is it true to say the weather heeds
the twinkle in your eye?" weathercock, IAnderson
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Robert Teeter
: Matt Beckwith (beck...@jaxnet.com) wrote:
: : This is a delightful book. I don't usually like non-fiction, or books
: : filled with cute anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
: i read this recently on a friend's recommendation. it was indeed very
: curious. the first half of the book is pure character development, no
: hint of plot.
Is it fiction or nonfiction?
--
Robert Teeter, but you can call me Bob | "Ripeness is all"
San Jose | -- Shakespeare
rte...@netcom.com |
Ron Brennan
Clifford O. Thompson
Teeter) writes:
|> Ron Brennan (ron...@netcom.com) wrote:
|> : Matt Beckwith (beck...@jaxnet.com) wrote:
|> : : This is a delightful book. I don't usually like non-fiction, or
|> books
|> : : filled with cute anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
|>
|> : i read this recently on a friend's recommendation. it was indeed
|> very
|> : curious. the first half of the book is pure character development,
|> no
|> : hint of plot.
|>
Roman a clef? Names changed to protect the innocent? Good read,
whatever category. I felt that the southern style of conversation
was captured quite well.
Cliff
|>
|>
|> --
|> Robert Teeter, but you can call me Bob | "Ripeness is all"
|> San Jose | -- Shakespeare
|> rte...@netcom.com |
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"Thus was Sheemish confounded."
--- Lord Dunsany, "Chu-bu and Sheemish"
E&J Hagner
John Berendt, the author, was interviewed on This Old House on PBS last
weekend. They do repeat it during the week sometimes. He gave a tour
of Savannah, introduced us to some of the real characters and retold
some of the stories. It was great seeing the squares of the city, the
cemetary etc.
Ted and Joanne Spieker
>Ron Brennan (ron...@netcom.com) wrote:
>: Matt Beckwith (beck...@jaxnet.com) wrote:
>: : This is a delightful book. I don't usually like non-fiction, or books
>: : filled with cute anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
>
>: i read this recently on a friend's recommendation. it was indeed very
>: curious. the first half of the book is pure character development, no
>: hint of plot.
>
> Is it fiction or nonfiction?
>
>
>Robert Teeter, but you can call me Bob | "Ripeness is all"
>San Jose | -- Shakespeare
>rte...@netcom.com
It's non-fiction, but for some reason, many people thought it was fiction.
Maybe it was the way it was packaged--the title, the cover, or something.
But it's non-fiction.
Joanne |
Francis Muir
Robert Teeter writes:
Ron Brennan writes:
Matt Beckwith writes:
This is a delightful book. I don't usually
like non-fiction, or books filled with cute
anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
i read this recently on a friend's recommendation.
it was indeed very curious. the first half of the
book is pure character development, no hint of plot.
Is it fiction or nonfiction?
It's non-fiction, but for some reason, many people thought it was
fiction. Maybe it was the way it was packaged--the title, the cover,
or something. But it's non-fiction.
This confidence is interesting. I can understand how libraries and bookstores
have to classify things this way, but I have never understood, myself, just
what the distinction was. Even where at first blush we might expect the simple
truth to lie - say in one of Baedeker's Guides - it rather quickly becomes
clear that it is no coincidence that it has the look and feel of a Missal.
The soft leather binding, the wafer-thin paper, the built in page markers.
Evertything points to its extravagabtly holy content - nor are we disappointed
by the text. Karl Baedeker created, for example, the hills of Umbria and it
is his hills we see today. A romantic, impressionist vision that has no basis
in fact.
Fido
liz leigh
writes:
>: : This is a delightful book. I don't usually like non-fiction, or
books
>: : filled with cute anecdotes. But this one is fabulous.
>
>: i read this recently on a friend's recommendation. it was indeed
very
>: curious. the first half of the book is pure character development,
no
>: hint of plot.
>
> Is it fiction or nonfiction?
It is non-fiction. A guilty man eventually 'gets away' with the murder
of his homosexual lover. It was even harder for him than it was for OJ.
BTW, didn't OJ say he would devote his life to finding the real
murderer. Has he done anything yet?
Phil Leigh
kate wilson
>
> It is non-fiction. A guilty man eventually 'gets away' with the murder
> of his homosexual lover. It was even harder for him than it was for OJ.
> BTW, didn't OJ say he would devote his life to finding the real
> murderer. Has he done anything yet?
>
You mean there is actually a murder somewhere in this book? I've read the first half and was
about to give up... so far, it's bored me to death. I know it's supposed to be nonfiction, but I
can't believe one person could arrive in a strange city and immediately meet so many weird
characters.
kate
Clifford O. Thompson
<kwi...@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu> writes:
[...]
|> I know it's supposed to be nonfiction, but I
|> can't believe one person could arrive in a strange city and immediately
|> meet so many weird
|> characters.
|>
|> kate
I believe that the events took place over a period of several years,
including
the meeting of all the people involved. This was something I heard in
conversation, though, not something I read anywhere...
Cliff