Truman Capote&s dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffany&s that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range & What I&ve found does the most good is just to get into a taxi & go to Tiffany&s It calms me down right away the quietness & the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there not with those kind men in their nice suits& Meet Holly Golightly
- a free spirited lop-sided romantic girl about town With her tousled blond hair & upturned nose dark glasses & chic black dresses Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties & she plays hostess to millionaires & gangsters alike Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream
- to find a real life place like Tiffany&s that makes her feel at home Full of sharp wit & exuberant larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless madcap era of 1940s New York Breakfast at Tiffany&s will make you fall in love perhaps for the first time with a book &A master writer makes the heart sing & the narrative fly& The New York Times& The most romantic story ever written& Alex James Guardian& One of the century&s greatest storytellers& Independent on Sunday Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925 By the age of fourteen he had already started writing short stories some of which were published After leaving school at fifteen he worked for the New Yorker his first
- & last
- regular job Following this Capote spent two years on a Louisiana farm where he wrote Other Voices Other Rooms (1948) He lived at one time or another in Greece Italy Africa & the West Indies & travelled in Russia & the Orient Capote is the author of many highly acclaimed books including A Tree of Night & Other Stories (1949) The Grass Harp (1951) Breakfast at Tiffany&s (1958) In Cold Blood (1965) which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication Music for Chameleons (1980) & Answered Prayers (1986) Truman Capote died in 1984



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Immortalised by Audrey Hepburn&s sparkling performance in the 1961 film of the same name Breakfast at Tiffany&s is Truman Capote&s timeless portrait of tragicomic cultural icon Holly Golightly published in Penguin Modern Classics It&s New York in the 1940s where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany&s & nice girls don&t except of course for Holly Golightly glittering socialite traveller generally upwards sometimes sideways & once in a while
- down Pursued by to Salvatore & Sally& Tomato the Mafia sugar-daddy doing life in Sing Sing & & Rusty& Trawler the blue-chinned cuff-shooting millionaire man about women about town Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair & turned-up nose a heart-breaker a perplexer a traveller a tease She is irrepressibly &top banana in the shock deparment& & one of the shining flowers of American fiction This edition also contains three stories & House of Flowers& &A Diamond Guitar& & &A Christmas Memory& Truman Capote (1924-84) was born in New Orleans He left school when he was fifteen & subsequently worked for The New Yorker which provided his first
- & last
- regular job He wrote both fiction & non-fiction
- short stories novels & novellas travel writing profiles reportage memoirs plays & films; his other works include In Cold Blood (1965) Music for Chameleons (1980) & Answered Prayers (1986) all of which are published in Penguin Modern Classics If you enjoyed Breakfast at Tiffany&s you might like Capote&s In Cold Blood also available in Penguin Modern Classics & One of the twentieth century&s most gorgeously romantic fictions& Daily Telegraph& The most perfect writer of my generation I would not have changed two words of Breakfast at Tiffany&s& Norman Mailer



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Titles Comprise Breakfast At Tiffany&s (1961) Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire George Peppard plays her nextdoor neighbour a writer who is &sponsored& by wealthy Patricia Neal Guessing who&s the right man for Holly is easy Seeing just how that romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of this classic set to Henry Mancini&s Oscar-winning score & the Oscar-winning Mancini Johnny Mercer song & Moon River& Funny Face (1957) In the role of bookstore clerk transformed into a modeling sensation Hepburn showcases singing & dancing skills she had honed on the London stage performing " How Long Has This Been Going On?" a " Basal Metabolism" dance in a cool-cat bistro & more Astaire as the fashion photographer who discovers her conjures up his inimitable magic for sequences that include his " Let&s Kiss & Make Up" matador diversion a heavenly dance with Hepburn to " He Loves & She Loves" & again with Hepburn the title-tune enchantment "I Love Your Funny Face" Now & forever so do we Sabrina (1954) Humphrey Bogart William Holden & Audrey Hepburn star in a Cinderella story directed by renowned filmmaker Billy Wilder Bogie & Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island Bogie&s all work Holden&s all playboy But when Sabrina daughter of the family&s chauffeur returns from Paris all grown up & glamorous the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of Hepburn&s delightful charms Actors Audrey Hepburn George Peppard Patricia Neal Buddy Ebsen Fred Astaire Michel Auclair Robert Flemyng Kay Thompson Humphrey Bogart & William Holden Director Blake Edwards Stanley Donen & Billy Wilder Certificate PGYear 1961 ; 1957 ; 1954 Screen Widescreen Languages English ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require either a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Blake Edwards&s adaptation of Truman Capote&s classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly The free-spirited gamine darts about New York feted by wealthy men drawn to her megawatt charm & elegance hoping that the party will never end After shopping in front of Tiffany&s window she meets aspiring writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard) & they begin a platonic friendship Sponsored by an older woman (Patricia Neal) whose interest in the young man is more than literary he can identify with her experience better than most taking it upon himself to protect her from the worst aspects of city life But she seems to need little protection from such friends as incarcerated mob boss Sally Tomato (Alan Reed) who pays her to carry messages to Sing Sing With her infectious joi de vivre she helps Paul break through a paralysing case of writer&s block But when the genial Doc Golightly (Buddy Ebsen) appears in New York in search of Holly the sources of her gossamer lifestyle suddenly become clearer Edwards&s lighter-than-air romantic comedy set in a fantasy New York rides on the irresistible charm of Hepburn at her peak as well as a memorable score by Henry Mancini Although George Axelrod&s screenplay is as different from the original story as George Peppard is from the young Capote the film succeeds on its own terms ...

Please note this is a the region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Blake Edwards&s adaptation of Truman Capote&s classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly The free-spirited gamine darts about New York feted by wealthy men drawn to her megawatt charm & elegance hoping that the party will never end After shopping in front of Tiffany&s window she meets aspiring writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard) & they begin a platonic friendship Sponsored by an older woman (Patricia Neal) whose interest in the young man is more than literary he can identify with her experience better than most taking it upon himself to protect her from the worst aspects of city life But she seems to need little protection from such friends as incarcerated mob boss Sally Tomato (Alan Reed) who pays her to carry messages to Sing Sing With her infectious joi de vivre she helps Paul break through a paralysing case of writer&s block But when the genial Doc Golightly (Buddy Ebsen) appears in New York in search of Holly the sources of her gossamer lifestyle suddenly become clearer Edwards&s lighter-than-air romantic comedy set in a fantasy New York rides on the irresistible charm of Hepburn at her peak as well as a memorable score by Henry Mancini Although George Axelrod&s screenplay is as different from the original story as George Peppard is from the young Capote the film succeeds on its own terms ...

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Give your breakfast or brunch a global twist & travel the world before lunchtime with this celebration of the most delicious morning meals from around the globe
- featuring quick & simple recipes for pastries soups cereals tarts cakes & more From popular favourites to new discoveries transport yourself to Italy Argentina Morocco India & beyond with over 40 recipes for the most important meal of the day From the familiar
- French Pain au Chocolat Italian Brioche & Austrian Strudel
- to the new & exciting
- Swedish Kanelbullar Brazilian Bolo de Fuba & sweet creamy Pasteis de Nata from Portugal
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In a frolic of cartoon & comic outbursts against rule & reason a miraculous weaving of science fiction memoir parable fairy tale & farce Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene ...

Reuniting with writer Patrick Mc Cabe who co-scripted his acclaimed 1997 film THE BUTCHER BOY Neil Jordan delivers another entertaining spectacle of a motion picture Set in the United Kingdom during the tumultuous 1960s & 70s BREAKFAST ON PLUTO tells the story of Patrick Kitten Braden (an electrifying Cillian Murphy) an orphan from a small Irish town who dreams of escaping his drab surroundings Though his orphan status is enough to make him an outsider Patrick's gleeful decision to become the cross-dressing androgynous Kitten sends him into the outside world for good He ends up at the trailer home of travelling musician Billy Rock (Gavin Friday) who is hiding weapons used by the IRA in a series of vicious attacks After an unexpected tragedy Kitten says farewell to Ireland & heads for the glamorous rough-&-tumble streets of London where she faces hatred & hardship in equal measure Through it all Kitten somehow retains her unwavering spirit teaching a valuable lesson about staying hopeful & optimistic in the face of harsh degradation Murphy's portrayal of the fiercely flamboyant Kitten is a sight to behold Beautiful as a man Murphy's appearance takes on an even more ethereal glow as a woman Adding greater weight to the proceedings are the performances from Jordan regulars Liam Neeson & Stephen Rea as well as Ruth Negga Laurence Kinlan & real-life musician Friday Filled with a staggering amount of great pop songs from that legendary era BREAKFAST ON PLUTO is an inspiring ode to individual human spirit ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The relationship between two career-minded men is put to the test by the surprise arrival of a unique child in the adaptation of Michael Downing's best-selling novel Breakfast With Scot Eric a former hockey star now a closeted sports announcer is initially freaked out when his partner Sam ends up with custody of 11-year old Scot It turns out Scot isn't your average child
- seemingly 'gayer' than not only Eric & Sam but perhaps even Liberace he poses a very distinct challenge to the otherwise reserved homo household! Recognising all the high & lows that come with being a parent whilst also re-affirming that true love really does transcend all sexuality Breakfast With Scot is a crowd-pleasing winner! Actors Tom Cavanagh Ben Shenkman Noah Bernett Jeananne Goossen Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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