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This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and
the subsequent trial of Jim Williams: self made man, art collector, antiques
dealer, bon vivant and semi-closeted homosexual. John Kelso a magazine
reporter finds himself in Savannah amid the beautiful architecture and odd
doings to write a feature on one of William's famous Christmas parties. He is
intrigued by Williams from the start, but his curiosity is piqued when he
meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is
dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial. Along the way he
encounters the irrepressible Lady Chablis, a drag queen commedienne,
Sonny Seiler, lawyer to Williams, whose famous dog UGA is the official
mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs, an odd man who keeps flies attached to
mini leashes on his lapels and threatens daily to poison the water supply,
the Married Ladies Card Club, and Minerva, a spiritualist. Between being
Jim's buddy, cuddling up to a torch singer, meeting every eccentric in
Savannah, participating in midnight graveyard rituals and helping solve the
mysteries surrounding Billy's murder, Kelso has his hands full.