Acclaim for JOHN BERENDT’s MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
“Uproarious … a rich, irresistible mix of snobbery, mayhem, sex, mind-boggling parochialism and mildewed magnolias. …A glorious vanity fair of human folly.”
—The Boston Globe
“One of the most unusual books to come this way in a long time and one of the best…. There is every reason to celebrate [t]his surprising, wonderful book.”
—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
“The best nonfiction novel since In Cold Blood and a lot more entertaining…. Berendt’s book has everything going for it—snobbism, ruthless power, voodoo, local color, and a totally evil estheticism. I read it till dawn.”
—Edmund White
“Raunchy, witty, urbane and scandalous … a romp through many worlds—high and low…. For a good time read this book.”
—Houston Chronicle
“Berendt works up his material like a chef on a devilish mission. The result is a feast all right…. He has the old money down as dead-on as the new—as the no money, for that matter. And here is the highest praise I can muster: Wish I’d written the damn thing.”
—Gregory Jaynes, Esquire
“Rip-roaringly funny and compelling….A veritable Bent-Spoon River of oddballs, hustlers, sociopaths and historic preservationists.”
