Breakfast At Tiffany's

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Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Episode 9

Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Episode 9

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's, Episode 9

Girl-about-town Holly Golightly hits New York's headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Girl-about-town Holly Golightly hits New York's headlines for all the wrong reasons. Read by Henry Goodman.

Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York. 

With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home. 

Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.

Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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Truman Capote's novel about a New York writer and 1940s girl-about-town Holly Golightly

Truman Capote's abridged novel about a young New York writer and captivating 1940s girl-about-town Holly Golightly

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