Breakfast at Tiffanys - a definite feel good movie and one that I turn to when I feel like I need a little pick me up. I was a little worried about reading the book - the images from the movie were too familiar and I felt like that would influence my imagination. I was right. To be fair to the film, the plot of the story is closely followed, although a couple of the key scenes from the film never occur in the book. Holly Golightly is a fascinating character, sweet, innocent but equally cunning and manipulative. She is aware of her charm and uses it to gain money and status from her male admirers. Her life is fascinating and reminds me of the modern day fascination with WAGS and reality TV stars' attempts at fame and fortune - Holly looks for her name in the papers. The book that I read had a few other short stories in there, and I enjoyed them all - especially 'Diamond Guitar'. I would recommend these stories by Truman Capote - they weren't a challenge to read, but the more I think about them, the more I realise that there is a large amount of subtle comments on society, wealth and politics.
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