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Jennifer
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This particular book had the classic story in it, plus three other short stories, "House of Flowers", "A Diamond Guitar", and "A Christmas Memory". What a bonus! In "Breakfast at Tiffany's", Holly Golightly goes through her life with a light naivety, at the same time mastering cunning and manipulation of all of the men in her life (and women, for that matter), but especially the narrator – her neighbor. This is an easy, classic read written by an author that has genius in his descriptions of characters. Read and find out why nothing bad ever happens to you at Tiffany's.
Best Line:
"I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead."
Suzanne
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This is Truman Capote at his best. His most famous fictional character, the spirited and very young Holly Golightly, never fails to surprise in this bittersweet, romantic novella. The story takes place in New York City and is told by her upstairs neighbor, who first meets her when she climbs out her window and up the fire escape to his apartment in order to avoid an obnoxious date. Holly lives a wild, call girl type of life. She tries to be extravagantly sophisticated, does a good job of getting around in celebrity circles, and has a hillbilly past. Sometimes she has fun, but just as often she's left lonely, with an attack of the "mean reds", so she comes across as outrageous and melancholy in turns. Holly has no idea of how to live her own life other than by attaching herself to a rich man. She's talked herself into this corner so resolutely that she's "trained" herself to love some real rats, as she herself describes them, most of whom are old and unattractive to boot. The book, as I'd hoped, supplies more details and is grittier than the movie, and is beautifully written. It's now available in a slim volume with three of Capote's short stories, including the wonderful "A Christmas Memory".
Best Line:
"I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead." (pg. 19)
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