John Berendt je oslavovaný pre svoje pohlcujúce rozprávanie, ktoré vtiahne čitateľov do živo stvárnených prostredí so zmyslom pre neobvyklé a zaujímavé. Jeho dielo majstrovsky spája faktické pozorovania s novelistickým citom, skúmajúc skryté životy a excentricity, ktoré ležia pod povrchom každodenných miest. Berendt tvorí pútavé a podnetné príbehy, ktoré vyzývajú čitateľov objavovať mimoriadne v obyčajnom. Jeho osobitý štýl premieňa všednosť na čarovnú a zvláštnosť na hlboko ľudskú.
The best non-fiction novel since IN COLD BLOOD : a true story of intrigue, murder, forgery and eccentricity set in the steamy, surreal atmosphere of Savannah, Georgia. The unpredictable twists and turns of a murder case are skillfuly interwoven with a hugely entertaining first person account of life in this isolated remnant of the old south.
Author John Berendt chronicles the lives of baby blue jays after he notices a nest outside his office window and follows their lives from eggs to hatchlings to full grown birds.
When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But the sinister and eccentric figures he meets there are curiously and ominously evasive when Joel asks to see his father.
A mystery, a comedy, and a riveting human drama rolled into one, from the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL