When I originally saw the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, I had no idea that it was based on a book. Years later, when I got the book, I assumed it would be like the movie, mostly revolving around the murder of Billy Hanson and the trial of Jim Williams. Boy, was I wrong.
The book is actually quite different than the movie, focusing more on the eccentric and bizarre people who live in Savannah, Georgia. Hands down, my favorite character is the Lady Chablis, the sassy black drag queen who brings quite a bit of humor to the book. The author did an amazing job of capturing her unique tone and colorful language.
The first half of the book focuses on various characters in Savannah and the second half deals more with the murder of Danny Hansford (his name was changed to Billy Hanson in the movie) and the subsequent trials of Jim Williams. I felt like the second part of the book dragged in places because of the amount of time that is spent talking about the trials (there were a total of four!!!).
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