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I didn't like Blake Edwards' version and talking about "Moon River" in a lite romantic comedy will just get me going so I never read the story until now. I’m glad I did. Than in the movie, Holly is a much tougher, amoral, not lovable figure and the narrator is so not into Holly as a GF and does not help her the way George helped Audrey in the movie. While the movie focused on the two crazy kids getting together or not, the story focuses on loneliness, and how avoiding it drives people to party too hard, run from their past, lie, etc. Also, their loneliness makes people like vulnerable children, just wanting love and security. Believable characters and plot, light tone, lucid and luminous prose. No wonder Capote's writing excited readers back in the day. The other three stories in the collection are "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and A Christmas Memory.” This last one was one of the first literary stories I ever read when I was around 12 or 13. I still think it is one of the best short pieces I’ve ever read in my life.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is probably the best introduction to Capote's work. Holly Golightly represents a figure that so many millions of people have come to Manhattan to try to become. Capote's ability to sustain this dream in prose, even though Holly is not much more than a stylish whore, is what has kept this short, breezy-yet-tragic postwar novel in print for over 50 years. A real classic.

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's;her poignancy, wit and naivete continue to charm.

Reading Capote's tale of Holly Golightly is a treat, whether you've seen the movie or not. Such interesting and colorful characters - you feel like you truly have spent personal time with each of them. Also included in the book are the short stories, "House of Flowers," A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory."