Breakfast at Tiffany's

Kathy Miller
May 9
1 min read

Truman Capote, 1950

Date read: 5/9/26

If you come to this story, as I did, from the film...you'regoing to be disappointed. The film is cute and sweet. Funny. The book is bleak and depressing. The only character who comes out of it well is the unnamed cat.

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