Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a quirky book with quirky characters and quirky events. Some of it sounds like fiction but I am told that it is all true. For the sake of discussion, let us say it is nonfiction as claimed. This would then be a case where “Truth is stranger than fiction....
In 1996, a fire broke out somewhere inside the empty Fenice opera house in Venice. The opera house was being restored, and was supposed to reopen within a month. When the fire broke out, a million things went swiftly and horribly wrong: the interior of the opera house was littered with open paint...
From one of the most frequently visited restaurants in Savannah, The Lady & Sons, comes this collection of down-home Southern family favorites. Paula H. Deen, the owner and proprieter, has created a friendly cookbook filled with hundreds of quick and easy recipes. Perfect for home entertainment, ...
“Easy now,” he said. They were lowering a carved sideboard. “Up a little on the right.” “How’s it going?” I asked. “Business as usual,” he said. “I mean that other bit of business.” “My trial? I haven’t the vaguest idea. I leave all that to my lawyers. To me it’s a giant bore. Now that interests ...