- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (3 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140274111
- ISBN-13: 978-0140274110
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 43,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Immortalized in a film starring Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is full of sharp wit and in its exuberant cast of characters vividly captures the restless, slightly madcap era of early 1940s New York.
About the Author
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925. Leaving school at 15 he worked for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He is the author of many highly praised books, including A TREE OF NIGHT AND OTHER STORIES, THE GRASS HARP, IN COLD BLOOD, MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS and ANSWERED PRAYERS. Truman Capote died in 1984.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was pleasantly surprised by this book - I vaguely remember seeing the film with Audrey Hepburn but could remember nothing about it at all. The book, however, made much more of an impression. It's an easy read and is entertaining and atmospheric. My guess is it'll stay with you longer than the film will. I thought it would be sugary sweet, a romantic comedy with a happy ending but the characters and relationships are more flawed and interesting than that. An interesting book. Worth a read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Breakfast at Tiffany's takes its cue from Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Both are short, beautifully written New York novels in which semi-invisible narrators wrestle with more self-indulgent characters, who take centre stage - and with whom the narrators enjoy ambiguous, shifting relationships.
In fact, the narrator in Breakfast at Tiffany's is so invisible he doesn't even have a name - apart from those the central character, Holly Golightly, gives him. The novel is a hymn to Holly - the narrator desperately wants to understand her, just as Nick Carraway struggles to understand Gatsby. Ultimately, though, hero and narrator are too different, with the heroes in both novels behaving exactly as heroes do: bolder, more inventive and almost certainly less stable than their narrators. Also like Gatsby, Holly Golightly has a hell of a backstory, slowly revealed.
Capote's prose is not dissimilar to Scott Fitzgerald's: poetic, but perhaps a little simpler and with a lighter touch, including some wry humour. Attractively written, it's difficult not to be as spellbound as the narrator is by Holly - however maddening she is. A captivating character study with prose like champagne - classy, and with fizz.
In fact, the narrator in Breakfast at Tiffany's is so invisible he doesn't even have a name - apart from those the central character, Holly Golightly, gives him. The novel is a hymn to Holly - the narrator desperately wants to understand her, just as Nick Carraway struggles to understand Gatsby. Ultimately, though, hero and narrator are too different, with the heroes in both novels behaving exactly as heroes do: bolder, more inventive and almost certainly less stable than their narrators. Also like Gatsby, Holly Golightly has a hell of a backstory, slowly revealed.
Capote's prose is not dissimilar to Scott Fitzgerald's: poetic, but perhaps a little simpler and with a lighter touch, including some wry humour. Attractively written, it's difficult not to be as spellbound as the narrator is by Holly - however maddening she is. A captivating character study with prose like champagne - classy, and with fizz.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is it! The sarcasm flows through the pages, this is better than the film, there are no happy endings, there is the delight of marvellous prose, of humour, of a star that burnt too brightly, too well and too quickly. If Capote had kept writing like this and hadn't become a TV standby guest for so long he'd be up there with the greats. The brilliant novel by the forgotten star of crystal prose. Buy it, Read it, Love it.
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Quirky
Very quirky and enjoyable and easy to read, much better than the film in my opinion, a bit more edgy.
Published 1 month ago by Ms. R. M. Apps
What I thought of Breakfast at Tiffany's
I read this book over the half term, I feel It was well written but i dont think it is a book i would find myself reading again. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Abi
Great character, but where's the rest of the story?
I read this while waiting for another book to arrive, and although it filled a gap in my reading perfectly adequately, I wouldn't have wanted to read it with any higher... Read more
Published 10 months ago by John Moseley
Worth reading, even if you've seen the film...
This is an excellent book and the short stories are also worth reading. I've seen the film but I think the book gives a deeper insight into what Capote was trying to represent in... Read more
Published 15 months ago by SN
A good read
Lovely written book, read it in one sitting. Could not put it down although seen the film countless time s.
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. L. Shone
Good book group pick
Excellent choice for a book group pick - easy read, enjoyable and plenty to discuss.
Published 19 months ago by Fiona
Sweet
Although I don't go for these kinds of books, I was given a copy and the constrast between the film and this book was quite different. But for the betterment.
Published 21 months ago by Paul M
breakfast at tiffanys
This product was cheaply priced, delivered in speedy time and in more than perfect condition a lot better than expected! Was really pleased with it overall!!
Published 22 months ago by Rachael Costello
book was good
the book was used and looked pretty good considering it was. the book is pretty good i would recommend to any age.
Published 22 months ago by E. Pitwell
It was a gift silly
My aunt Mo was reading Truman Capote books last year and I said I'd lend her a copy of Breakfast at Tiffany's which used to be one of my favourite books. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ms. Saffron Costello
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