BasedOnATrueStoryCrimeNovel

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Berendt

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Loved this book & movie as well for todays prompt

AmandaL This has been on my TBR for ages. 7y

GripLitGrl @AmandaL Everyone has that never ending TBRðŸ˜Š good book to have on thereðŸ˜€ 7y

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CarolynM

Joe Cinque's Consolation | Helen Garner

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I don't borrow many books, but a friend pressed this one on me. It's not really a crime novel, it's about the real life murder trial of a young woman who killed her boyfriend in bizarre circumstances and how the trial and the event itself impacted on both their families. Compelling and thought provoking.

maich, somebooksaround

MrsMalaprop Oh my, this was a compelling but devastating read. Garner goes where others fear to tread. Did you see the movie? I‘ve not built up the courage yet... 7y

TheBookgeekFrau Oh wow; sounds quite interesting 7y

CarolynM @MrsMalaprop I haven't seen the film and I don't think I want to. I didn't think the book was exploitative, but somehow I feel making a film of it is. I think Garner was trying to honour the Cinque's loss (amongst other things obviously), I can't really see how dramatising the events does that. 7y

CarolynM @C.Perone Yes, interesting and confronting in many ways. 7y

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