Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt

Gun shots rang out in the grandest mansion in Savannah, Georgia in the early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defence? John Berendt's sharply observed and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of non-fiction. He skilfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of America's Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a compelling murder case.

Suspenseful, absorbing and often wildly funny, and a bestseller on its publication in America, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL is certain to become a modern classic.