May 10, 2009 01:29 PM
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Most of you must already have heard of the name of the movie, staring Audrey Hepburn.
If you havent, then you are a poor soul in need of salvation, and if by chance you havent heard of Audrey Hepburn, then woe betide your miserable life. Google her pictures and you will be so much richer for that.
To continue with the review, I have read the book and seen the movie. So let me state at the outset, that they are different. The director thought of the mentality of the crowd while making the movie and thus there in the end.... ah, but then that will be exposing the plot!!
So here we have a socialite, Holly Go-Lightly and then we have the narrator Fred. Atleast thats what Holly calls him. And the third but very important character of the Cat. Its Holly's pet, and is simply called the Cat. In the mix are thrown a motley group of people including a mafia don, a lawyer, a director, a piece of Holly's mysterious past and a few of her "friends".
In the book, Fred is a struggling writer. All those who have seen the movie will be enlightened to learn that Fred is in no way alluded to as a gigolo in the book as he is alluded to in the movie. The end...ah! the end. You can almost hear yourself sighing and wishing.... read it for the goosebumps. I have my share here, thank you.
The most surprising thing about the book is its uncanny ability to make you wish for love!! Trust me, I am a staunch non believer in all this bull sh*t. but this book actually made me think whether I am missing something.... and made me wistful. The short stories following the main story are just as good. The Diamond Guitar is shocking, not for the plot in itself, but for the underlying current of homosexuality.
Read it. Its worth the effort.
