Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) Breakfast at Tiffany's is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958. In it, a contemporary writer recalls his early days in New York City, when he makes the acquaintance of his remarkable neighbor, Holly Golightly, who is one of Capote's best-known creations. In autumn 1943, the unnamed narrator befriends Holly Golightly. The two are tenants in a brownstone apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Holly (age 18–19) is a country girl turned New York café society girl. As such, she has no job and lives by socializing with wealthy men, who take her to clubs
Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) issue to skyrocket. Both Attie and Brodovitch went on to work with Capote on other projects—Attie on "", and Brodovitch on "Observations", both published in 1959. The collection has been reprinted several times; the novella has been included in other Capote collections. Capote's original typed manuscript was offered for sale by a New Hampshire auction house in April 2013. It was sold to Igor Sosin, a Russian billionaire entrepreneur, for US$306,000 (). Mr. Sosin said he planned to display it publicly in Moscow and Monte Carlo. In "Breakfast at Sally Bowles'", Ingrid Norton of "Open Letters Monthly" pointed out Capote's