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Holly Golightly. Who doesn't know her? Whether in the pages of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', the short novel by Truman Capote or capture captured on film by Audrey Hepburn, she's an American icon. A young country girl becomes a New York socialite, trading on amusement value to make a life paid for by rich men who are titillated by her outrageous opinions and anecdotes. We ''want'' to know her. And the narrator ''wants'' to know her as much, if not more, than we do.
And gradually, Holly does reveal herself to the narrator, whom she calls Fred. Some say that she is based on the real life relationship Capote had with Marilyn Munroe and indeed, this is the story of a light that shone perhaps too brightly and, in so doing, engulfed itself. Iconic as the film portrayal by Audrey Hepburn is, the book, I think, is better. It is just as lovely but it includes that edge of danger, of loose ends not being tied off, that makes it so truthful. But it loses none of the vivacity, humour and love of life.
