![]() ![]() ![]() There are many significant differences between this manuscript and the final published version, including different chapter headings, rewritten passages, name changes (to protect the innocent and avoid lawsuits), exclusion of some anecdotes, and differing accounts of the same event. Several small corrections (typos, spelling) in the text in an unknown hand. Housed in a worn paper box with a note "J.B.'s Book" on the back. ![]() The title page has a modest stain, otherwise the pages are fine. Unbound photomechanically reproduced manuscript pages. Source material for the 1997 movie starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. ![]() Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2. Dust jacket is in near-fine condition with an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the bottom of the front cover (rubbed on the back cover and edge wear). ![]()
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