I've never seen the film but from the movie poster, and clips I may have seen over the years, I'd have never expected the book to be like it was. The film seems to be a romantic comedy, the book is definitely more like film noir. The latter is what I find more intriguing and is why I absolutely loved this novella. 
 Truman Capote's writing is so wonderfully atmospheric. In this story he gives us a narrator who is a dark and brooding, yet to be published, writer. This writer is never even given a name other than "Fred" the nickname given to him by Holly Golightly because he reminds her of her brother of that name. 
 Holly Golightly is the main subject of the book. Capote has created a wonderfully complicated character in her. She's the type of person who comes into your life and makes a huge impact, and yet when she's gone, you don't know if you ever really knew her. At times she appears to be a prostitute but I think she's really more like a muse. Her nameplate for her mailbox at the brownstone she lives in says "Holly Golightly Traveling", signaling that she never intends to be a permanent fixture anywhere. She likes to shock people by saying things that she knows they don't want to hear and yet she's so endearing that people come for more. 
 I love the moodiness of this book. Capote brilliantly captures how love, even when not necessarily sexual or romantic, can be all encompassing. I definitely want to read more Capote. 
 I can't wait to see the film in November on the Big screen. I don't know if I'm right about it being a romantic comedy, but regardless, I'm not going to expect it to be like the book.