The garden of evil book7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() For Capote, the murder in a small Kansas town was about the interlopers like himself. The disconnect that exists between the personality of the writer and the personality of the community in which the notorious murder took place becomes an issue which becomes part of the fabric of the larger narrative.īut whereas both In Cold Blood and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil are both semi-journalistic investigative reportage into the murderous nightmares insinuating their way into the respective communities, Berendt’s account diverges in a significant manner from Capote’s non-fictional novel primarily by virtue of his focus of interest moving in the opposite direction from that which gripped Capote. And, like Truman Capote, that meta-narrative is also impacted by the fact that the writer who has come to tell the tale is viewed as a cultural interloper. Like Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, John Berendt’s Midnight in the Garden of Good of Evil not only deals with the recounting of a genuine and notorious true-life crime story, it also serves to situate its author into the narrative of that crime story. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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