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Simulacrum Savannah: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Subtitled A Savannah Story, John Berendt's 1994 bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil had an immediate impact on the city he depicted, as did the movie version directed by Oint Eastwood and released in 1997. Eight months after the publication of Midnight, tourism in Savannah was up by 46 percent; convention booking grew 40 percent in 1994 and another 30 percent in 1995; and new businesses opened on Broughton Street, where previously empty storefronts had littered Savannah's main shopping thoroughfare. Guided tours led visitors to spots highlighted in Berendt's Savannah stoiy, especially Mercer House, the home of the flamboyant protagonist Jim Williams and the site where the …
