Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) loosely based on the novella by Truman Capote. Changes were made to fit the medium of cinema and to correspond to the filmmakers' vision. Capote, who sold the film rights of his novella to Paramount Studios, wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly, whom he had described perfectly in the book. Barry Paris cites Capote's own comments on the choice of actress: "Marilyn was always my first choice to play the girl, Holly Golightly." Screenwriter Axelrod was hired to "tailor the screenplay for Monroe". When Lee Strasberg advised Monroe that playing a "lady of the evening" would be bad for
The Thief (novella) police. After a long fire-fight, the police manage to pin Polly down to the ground. The novel ends with the police going through the items kept in the "nether-regions", until they find a object which resembles a human hand. The Thief (novella) The Thief is a 2006 novella by British author Ruth Rendell, published in the Quick Reads series. As an entry in said series, it is of novella length. "The Thief" is about Polly, who steals small items from people who upset or anger her, and the frightening path down which such thefts lead her. In the novel, Polly