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Title: Breakfast
at Tiffany's
Author: Truman Capote
Genre: fiction
Rating: 
We get the story of Holly Golightly, a very nice and posh girl that can get
anything she wants by winding al the people (read: men) around her little and
pretty finger.
The storyteller is a young man, a writer, new to the neighborhood and building
she also lives in. He hears parties of her, and after she has to hide at his place
one time they build a friendship, as far as that is possible with dear Holly.
Because, although she is enchanting, she also has a side nobody gets to know.
Once in a while she disappears and we get to know she is going to jail, visiting
someone. Then we think we know her, but that is far from true.
In short, Holly lives in a world, but doesn't belong to it and she lives around
people, but not really with them. As soon as you think you know her, she is gone
again, even if maybe she still stands before you. She almost immediately makes
an impression on you, but don't think it's the other way around. She is like her
cat: everybody loves her, but in the meantime she only cares for herself and
lives her own little life. You can almost say she is using the world and the
people in it to get what she want, but her strength is that those people haven't
got a clue!
Read this little brilliant book. It's an enchanting enough story just like Holly
is an enchanting little being. And now, trying to write about it and finding it
hard, I realize the story is as fleeting as her character. As soon as you think
you've got the story down, you've read the last word. Just try to enjoy it, like
Holly enjoys life, as long as it lasts. Some last advise: if you've used this
book for some good times, don't feel bad, just pick another book and start over
again.
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