Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)

Summary:
Narrator guy lives in NYC and meets Holly Golightly, an eccentric and alluring woman that lives just upstairs. The story follows our guy as he experiences life with Ms. Golightly.

Also included in the book are three short stories, House of Flowers, A Diamond Guitar, and A Christmas Memory.

Thoughts:
It's weird, like the movie. I saw the movie a few years ago, and couldn't understand what the hell was going on. I read the book, and still didn't quite catch anything either. What I did get was that Holly's nuts, the narrator's in love, and that's about all you're supposed to get.

The three short stories weren't much to write home about... I honestly don't remember much about the House of Flowers and A Christmas Memory ones except that they were depressing. A Diamond Guitar was pretty good, though also really sad.

Book 16 of 30

Pages:161
Genre:Short stories/General Fiction
Grade: B
Would I Recommend?: Sure, it's pretty much a classic. Plus, the whole thing was pretty fast reading!

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