01572nam a2200157 4500 9780141182797 Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. Breakfast at Tiffany's / Truman Capote. London : Penguin, 1998. 160p. ; 18cm. Contents: Breakfast at Tiffany's - House of flowers - A diamond guitar - A Christmas memory. Truman Capote's provocative, naturalistic masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbour, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialisation, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist, who eventually gets tossed away as her deepening character emerges. 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', Truman Capote's most beloved work of fiction, introduced an independent and complex character who challenged audiences, revived Audrey Hepburn's flagging career in the 1961 film version, and whose name and style has remained in the national idiom since publication. Hall uses his diligent attention to character to bring our unnamed narrator's emotional vulnerability to the forefront of this American classic. Social class -- Fiction. Writers -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Fiction. 5354 5354 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC RTCLIB RTCLIB FIC 2018-11-27 10041 8 6 FIC 813.54 CAP 30010138 2022-07-11 00:00:00 2022-01-04 2018-11-27 FIC