Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I saw the movie with Audrey Hepburn years ago and, truth be told, something about the story gave me an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Hepburn’s performance was great; I think it’s just that type of story to make me think a bit more than I usually do when I decide to watch a movie. When I saw that Audible had a version of the book read by Michael C. Hall I couldn’t resist buying it right away.
I have appreciated his style of narrating since Dexter and loved his higher pitched voice and slight southern accent when reading Holly’s parts. For the narration in general Hall’s voice and pacing was perfect and transported the listener back to the 1940’s in New York during the summer months.
The story itself and especially the character of Holly was remarkably well done and had me deep in thought about Capote’s intentions and motivations for creating such a complex character.
Overall, a relatively short listen when one compares it to other audiobooks, Breakfast at Tiffany’s read by Hall was a delightful, yet sometimes sobering listening treat and I would highly recommend it.
