Actually Breakfast at Tiffany's is a wonderful story. Always one of my favorite movies, I was 12 when I saw it in the theatre, after I read the book I was amazed how much much more adult the story was than the movie. More importantly, Truman Capote captured the New York lifestyle at that time. The one thing which the movie reverently pictured exactly as was described in the book was the party at Holly Golightly's apartment. Holly of the movie was a little girl in the big city trying to get by. Holly of the book is a bit harder than that. First read In Cold Blood, then read Answered Prayers, and finally Breakfast at Tiffany's. Get to know Truman this way.

Lewis Perdue is an excellent, though little known, writer who came to national attention when he sued Random House and author Dan Brown over the similarities between Brown's Da Vinci Code and Perdue's Daughter Of God. Anyone who has ever read Brown's book should read Perdue's and compare the two. Another book that Perdue wrote that he claims Brown pirated is the Da Vinci Legacy which he wrote in 1984. Two more recent books in which Perdue explores headline issues are Slatewiper and Perfect Killer, both political thrillers.