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Book Description
The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil returns after more than a decade to give us an intimate look at the "magic, mystery, and decadence" of the city of Venice and its inhabitants
It was seven years ago that Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil achieved a reContinue
Critics
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readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010
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Dirt in Venice
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt 342pp, Sceptre, £20 "Guess what!" cried Dodie Rosencrans, clasping Countess Emo's wrist. The wide-eyed San Francisco socialite and movie-theatre heiress had just returned from a week on the Dalmatian coast. ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
4 Reviews
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This book seemed to cover more of the characters of Venice than what actually happened to the historic Fenice Opera House. Venice is a very intriguing city with many problems not visible to the tourists that spend a few days there. The book does cover a little bit of what happened to the theater b ... (continue)
Stcin10 said on Oct 6, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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This book is about Venetians. Each chapter is a tale of one eccentric charactor in Venice, with the background at the fire of the historic opera house Fenice.
While the book isn't so bad, but I think it is really over praised. The chapters are irrelevant to one another, and most of them have n ... (continue)
material girl said on Apr 8, 2009 | Add your feedback
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Tatiana Shafer said on Sep 10, 2008 | Add your feedback
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Reading The Corrections
Having read John Behrendt's excellent Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and its explorations of Savannah, Georgia, I was curious to see what direction he might take with Venice. While the book starts off with a conflagration as the Fenice opera house burns to the ground, it quickly goes off in ... (continue)
moogle said on Mar 28, 2007 | 2 feedbacks
Book Details
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- English Books
- Hardcover 414 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1594200580
- ISBN-13: 9781594200588
- Publisher: The Penguin Press
- Pub date: Sep 27, 2005
- Dimensions: 1548 mm x 903 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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'The City of Falling Angels' by John Berendt
The initial few chapters start well, setting up the story of Berendt's arrival in town and his decision to stay and find out what had caused the Fenice fire. The opening chapters are highly personal, introducing the reader to a strange, amusing and s ... (read full critics)