Four years on The New York Times bestseller list

When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see his father.

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A mystery story, a comedy, and a riveting human drama rolled into one, from the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL

Barton Lidice Benes mounts and labels items - bizarre celebrity-owned articles such as Madonna's panties, O.J. Simpson's glove, Larry Hagman's gallstone - and assembles them into mini-museums, where he supplies humorous captions that tell its quirky history.

Presents a true story of intrigue, murder, forgery and eccentricity set in the steamy, surreal atmosphere of Savannah, Georgia. This book brings the unpredictable twists and turns of a murder case that are interwoven with a first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South.