Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote • BookLikes

Breakfast at Tiffany's

by: Truman Capote (author)

4.00 10

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a... show more

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Format: Audiobook

Publisher: Audible, Inc.

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Novels, Literature, Book Club, American, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Contemporary, Modern Classics, Fiction

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Bookish Blerd rated it

4 years ago

http://ViragoReads.booklikes.com Bookish Blerd 2.0 Breakfast at Tiffany's

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I remembered enjoying the movie, but I hated this book. It was hard to get into, even with C. Michael Hall's narration. I didn't like the story or the characters as they were not likeable--particularly Holly. And don't get me started on the poor cat, who had no name and deserved better. I figured...

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Portable Magic rated it

7 years ago

http://SheriC.booklikes.com Portable Magic 4.0 Breakfast at Tiffany’s ★★★★☆

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It was then that she asked about Jose. The instant she saw the letter, she squinted her eyes and bent her lips in a tough tiny smile that advanced her age immeasurably. “Darling,” she instructed me, “Would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse? A girl doesn’t read this sort of thing ...

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rameau's ramblings rated it

9 years ago

http://rameau.booklikes.com rameau's ramblings 2.0 Lesbian bashing, fat shaming, complete lack of empathy...

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And E says Capote didn't like people much. I wonder why. Anyway, what little impression the titular novella and the other three short stories left was distasteful and ultimately forgettable. Luckily, I won't have any problem putting this out of my mind. Although a blonde Audrey Hepburn is a weir...

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