This is my eighth blog.
Christmas is near and we are wondering what happened to Thanksgiving and the days which rushed at us into December. After Christmas!! That is the time for relaxation and just being lazy for a few days. No tough reading is allowed; just books which give pleasure with no great effort.
With that in mind our reading suggestion is a book that was published ten years ago. Having just reread it I can highly recommend the fun of curling up in a quiet warm place with this funny and a bit raunchy story.
Just recently author John Berendt published a highly acclaimed new non-fiction book: "The City of Fallen Angels." Not having had time to critique that story yet, I went back to his earlier book,"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." It had been ten years and lots of other books read in between so it was as if I had a very new tale to savor. Much of the plot came back to me as I read, but it is just a great way to spend your holiday by "frittering away" your time with this extraordinary book. And best of all, it is about real people and real events.
Mr. Berendt went to Savannah and lived with the people he writes about. He could be the outsider with an insider view. The characters are living, breathing, mostly weird, citizens and they are so refreshingly interesting.
Jim is the central figure and the author knew him very well. Around Jim, who lives in the Mercer House in the center of Savannah (remember Johnny Mercer, the songwriter? His cousin's mansion.) and swirling around the city square are a host of unforgettable people. :Lady Chablis, the transexual dancer, Minerva , the black preistess of voodoo, and Danny the homosexual victim, are just the beginning of this wild ride.
Don't forget: all of this is true: Savannah should be thankful. The tourists are still pouring into town and asking first of all about "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." The locals are not amused, but we know they aren't immune to green, as in money.
Give yourself permission to have a good time reading a deliciously snide story of humans who have most of the vices of mankind and a few of the virtues. Remember there really were midnight visits to the cemetery and lots of voodoo magic was practiced. Your task, however, is just to smile, laugh and enjoy.
Christmas is near and we are wondering what happened to Thanksgiving and the days which rushed at us into December. After Christmas!! That is the time for relaxation and just being lazy for a few days. No tough reading is allowed; just books which give pleasure with no great effort.
With that in mind our reading suggestion is a book that was published ten years ago. Having just reread it I can highly recommend the fun of curling up in a quiet warm place with this funny and a bit raunchy story.
Just recently author John Berendt published a highly acclaimed new non-fiction book: "The City of Fallen Angels." Not having had time to critique that story yet, I went back to his earlier book,"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." It had been ten years and lots of other books read in between so it was as if I had a very new tale to savor. Much of the plot came back to me as I read, but it is just a great way to spend your holiday by "frittering away" your time with this extraordinary book. And best of all, it is about real people and real events.
Mr. Berendt went to Savannah and lived with the people he writes about. He could be the outsider with an insider view. The characters are living, breathing, mostly weird, citizens and they are so refreshingly interesting.
Jim is the central figure and the author knew him very well. Around Jim, who lives in the Mercer House in the center of Savannah (remember Johnny Mercer, the songwriter? His cousin's mansion.) and swirling around the city square are a host of unforgettable people. :Lady Chablis, the transexual dancer, Minerva , the black preistess of voodoo, and Danny the homosexual victim, are just the beginning of this wild ride.
Don't forget: all of this is true: Savannah should be thankful. The tourists are still pouring into town and asking first of all about "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." The locals are not amused, but we know they aren't immune to green, as in money.
Give yourself permission to have a good time reading a deliciously snide story of humans who have most of the vices of mankind and a few of the virtues. Remember there really were midnight visits to the cemetery and lots of voodoo magic was practiced. Your task, however, is just to smile, laugh and enjoy.
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