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Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? John Berendt's search for answers to this question produced a spellbinding book peopled by a gallery of eccentric characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck 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 black drag queen The Lady Chablis; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the cemetary at midnight. This classic true-crime story comes with a new introduction by its author.
Paperback, 388 pages, Orig. published 1994, This Ed. 2009
Author: John Berendt