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Breakfast at Tiffany's - (Vintage International) by Truman Capote (Paperback)

Breakfast at Tiffany's - (Vintage International) by  Truman Capote (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This volume includes three of Capote's best-known stories, "House of Flowers", "A Diamond Guitar", and "A Christmas Memory", in addition to his bestselling novel, Breakfast at Tiffany, the popular story of Holly Golightly--"a cross between Lolita and Auntie Mame" (Time).<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b><b><b>Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's.</b> In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape--her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.</b><br></b><br>This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory," which the <i>Saturday Review</i> called "one of the most moving stories in our language." It is a tale of two innocents--a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend--whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation. He writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm."--Norman Mailer<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Truman Capote (1924-84) rose to international prominence in 1948 with the publication of his debut novel, <b>Other Voices, Other Rooms</b>. His other works of fiction include <b>Breakfast at Tiffany's</b><i>, </i><b>A Tree of Night</b><i>, </i><b>The Grass Harp</b><i>, </i> and <b>Summer Crossing</b>, the author's long-lost first novel, which was rediscovered in 2004 and published by Random House in 2005. He is also the author of <b>Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote</b>. His nonfiction novel <b>In Cold Blood</b> is widely considered one of the greatest books of the twentieth century.

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