Never expected a bestseller
Berendt recalls sensing that the manuscript was working well while he was writing it, but he never expected it would become a bestseller.
John Berendt
American
Born 1939
John Berendt is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, and The City of Falling Angels, which tells the story of interesting inhabitants of Venice, Italy, whom Berendt met while living there in the months following a fire which destroyed the historic La Fenice opera house in 1996.
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In John Berendt's own words
John Berendt revisits Savannah, Georgia, with CBS Saturday Morning to discuss the 30th anniversary and legacy of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'.
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Capturing Savannah's quirky residents
Berendt explains that his focus went beyond the murder trial to capturing what it felt like to live in Savannah surrounded by unique, eccentric locals.
Southern storytelling culture
Berendt noticed immediately upon arriving in the South that locals loved to talk, especially about other people, making it easy to gather stories.
Using first person for narrative flow
Berendt defends writing second-hand accounts in the first person, stating that doing so allowed the narrative to flow naturally and created a much more enjoyable book.
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