A very enjoyable read that puts the film adaptation to shame. It also has a few lovely short stories at the end of the book. I hope it can be enjoyed far and wide!!

The beginning of the journey for an international book ray. This book started it's journey in WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. I hope you enjoy it!

Rules for the bookray:

1. PM the person next to you on the list in advance to get their address.
2. Journal the book when you catch it.
3. Read it and pass it along to the next member on the list. Try not to keep it too long. It's a short book, so it shouldn't get in the way too much of other bookrays/rings you have going on.

Here is the list (in order) of the travel of the bookray:

1st stop: Sherlockfan (NZ)
2nd stop: vedranaster (Croatia)
3rd stop: Simson-Shilitoe (France)
4th stop: Oedie (Belgium)
5th stop: jax987654321 (UK)
6th stop: mafarrimond (UK)
7th stop: Samrana (UK)
8th stop: GronnLivsstil (Norway)
9th stop: kitiarablue (US)
10th stop: angela861 (US)
11th stop: oppem (US)

This book arrived safely today, thanks very much cinnamon-quill. Love the cover.

The Daily Telegraph stated "One of the twentieth century's most gorgeoulsy romantic fictions."

Back Cover:- "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 perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is irrepressibly 'top banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American fiction."

The book also contains three stories: 'House of Flowers', 'A diamond Guitar' and 'A Christmas Memory'. I'm really looking forward to reading this.

I've finished this book now having thoroughly enjoyed it. Must say though that my memories of the movie held Hollie Golightly in a very exotic view, largely influenced by the actress - was it Audrey Hepburn? 24 carat Rusty Trawler who was a very peculiar character indeed doesn't feature in my memory bank at all. Now that I've read it I wonder how this unusual tale was successfully turned into such a movie, and feel sure that this would be another example of the book being far more entertaining than the movie.
I had forgotten what an evocative writer Capote is. He can certainly put many modern so-called writers to shame.
Joe Bell's "White Angel" concoction 1/2 vodka and 1/2 gin almost gave me an immediate hangover.
The three short stories were a real bonus. Normally short stories are not my favourite form of reading but these three, each in their different ways were beautifully written.
Must keep a look out for "In Cold Blood" which I'm given to understand is quite different.

The book is ready to move on and I urgently need the name of the next person please.

The book arrived to sunny Croatia today, safe and sound, wrapped up REALLY well. Thanks for sending Sherlockfan, and for organizing the ray cinnamon-quill. :)

I just finished reading my last ring book, Shutter Island, so I'll be starting this one this evening. I see from the list in the forum that Simson-Shilitoe is next in line. I'll be contacting them for their snail mail address so I can send the book on when I've finished it.

A lovely book. Very enjoyable read, even though I did have to backtrack a few times and read over to fully grasp the meaning of some paragraphs. But I think it's safe to put that down to my distracted mind - I was reading the book during a slightly hectic period.

I found some of the images in the book clashing with some of the few images left over from watching the movie a long time ago - like Holly having blond hair at one point in the book. I'm sure it's just my imagination, though, as I can't shake the image of Audrey with a dark pixie cut, which she did not actually sport in the movie. I think. No Moonriver either. But the air of Holly Golightly matches perfectly, Audrey did a fabulous job. I couldn't help but imagine her voice as I read Holly's lines. :)

The three stories included in the book were definitely a bonus, written each in a different style, all flowing and easy to read, conjuring up images in my mind with every word. I especially liked the last one, A Christmas Memory. It was touching and warm.

I've got Simson-Shilitoe's address, and the book will be on it's ways in a few days.
Thanks again to cinnamon-quill for sharing this lovely book.

The book is now in the care of the Post Office,
on its way to Simson-Shilitoe in Germany.

Enjoy! :)

The book arrived safely in yesterday`s mail.

At the moment I am reading "Traumpfade" by Bruce Chatwin, a bookring in German language from "ApoloniaX". And there are still some other tbr which arrived earlier in time. So I hope to start with "Breakfast at Tiffany's" soon.

Thank you very much "cinnamon-quill" for including me in this bookring.

And thank you very much "vedranaster" for posting and the funny skateboard-sheep.

Those who know Truman Capote's alternately poignant and comic 1958 novella only through the memorable 1961 Audrey Hepburn film directed by Blake Edwards may be surprised to find that Holly Golightly, in her original incarnation, is recalled in a flashback as a nineteen-year old Manhattan "party girl" during WWII. The still provocative story is really a memory piece fifteen years later by the narrator, a struggling writer with no name except the one given to him by Holly - "Fred" - after her beloved brother. The rest of the elements will be familiar to anyone who has seen the movie, though Capote is more forthright in describing Holly's hedonistic behavior than film censors could allow in the early sixties. Revealed gradually is her background as Lulumae Barnes, a hillbilly child-bride to Doc Golightly, written with more comedy than pathos here, as well as her erratic, amoral journey to Hollywood as a starlet and then as a "companion" to wealthy men in New York who give her cash for the powder room.

Eccentric characters fill in the corners like Mr. Yunioshi, the Japanese fashion photographer who lives upstairs, and Sally Tomato, the gangster who passes messages to Holly while serving time in Sing Sing. Capote has less affinity for the romantic conventions found in the movie as he more comfortably explores the tale of two emotionally stunted people who find momentary support from one another. The melancholy ending is testament to that, and as such, the book is well worth reading for Capote's gift for illustrative prose.

Three very brief stories from Capote are also included with the book, all with their charms - "The House of Flowers", the fanciful tale of two warring bordellos in the West Indies; "A Diamond Guitar", a tender story of a prison inmate who attempts to use his glass-diamonded guitar as a means to escape; and "A Christmas Memory", a childhood remembrance of his distant cousin embodied by the elderly Sook.


Posting to "Oedie" as soon as I get an address.

I am going to post the book to "Oedie" in the late afternoon after finishing tomorrow`s business at the revenue office.

Happy reading and happy journey to Belgium!

The book arrived last week. Didn't get the chance to register it sooner. I'm very curious! Thank you Simson-Shilitoe!

I read the book. I really liked it. I didn't know beforehand what it was about, or what the movie was about, I had no idea what to expect. But I thought it was very good.
I liked the other three stories very much as well. I think they are exemplary for what short stories should be about.
Thank you very much for making this a bookray!

I believe the book must now go to a friend of mine. She showed me a message from cinnamon-quill that she will be next and that she will send it on to the next participant after me. I thought she was going to be added to the list, but apparently she isn't.
Anyway, I will definitely see her next saterday - perhaps sooner, if we decide to meet - so I will give it to her then.

I gave the book to my friend today! Hopefully she'll like it.