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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Signed first edition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt.

Octavo, [6], 388pp. Green hardcover, black spine, title stamped in green on spine. Number line listed with “C,” signifying a later printing of the first edition. Solid text block. The “fmr” error on Page 11, line 32 is corrected. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $23.00 retail price on front flap, faint wear along top edge, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the half-title: “For Michael, All the best from … John Berendt / Lexington, KY / 7/29/94.”

John Berendt (b. 1939) is a journalist turned author. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was his first book, spending a record-setting 216 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, tells the true story of the murder trial of Jim Williams in Georgia. This book was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1997, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring John Cusack.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Random House

Edition

First Edition, Later Printing

Date Published

1994

ISBN
Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Author

Berendt | John

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