Truman Capote loved surrounding himself with ... but I quite enjoy. The lamp is Tiffany's "The Wisteria Tree"; others of his admirers may quarrel, but I consider it the gentleman's masterpiece.

It only took moments to hook me. The first paragraph of Truman Capote's novella Breakfast at Tiffany's aptly foreshadows the intoxicating sensory imagery that distinguishes the text, making it a story ...