June Book vs Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's

A struggling writer meets an eccentric but beautiful socialite. This month, let's have a taste of the timeless melodrama by Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (a novel and its 1961 movie adaptation).

Where & when:
Host: Marianne
Location: Oak Eatery, Mall level 2/691 Manukau Road, Royal Oak, Auckland 1023
Time: 11am – 1pm, Sunday, 16 June 2024
What to bring: $3 to cover the meetup fee and an open mind. Since we're using the café’s function room, please order some food or drinks. Let's make it into a brunch & book party!

What we’ll discuss:
We’ll be guided by a list of questions, then the floor is open for discussion. We can talk about anything and everything – the plot, the characters, the writing style, the movie, the cast, etc. If you'd like, you can also bring your favourite paragraph/plot to share with the table. Here, you can let your imagination run wild – do you agree with the way that the author/screenwriter organises the plots? How would you tweak it to make the book/movie even better?

Book/movie synopsis:
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape—her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.

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 traveler, a tease. She is irrepressibly 'top banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American fiction.

Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251688.Breakfast_at_Tiffany_s_and_Three_Stories

IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/

Cancellation:
If you cannot make it, please cancel your RSVP 24 hours ahead of time so that we can adjust the brunch booking. Thank you.

I look forward to meeting you all!