I picked the book from the ‘To Be Reviewed’ pile out of sheer ego. Wouldn’t you, if it had your name on the cover?And the gods were smiling down on me that day, because Breakfast with Tiffany is a life-altering read. I abandoned work for two solid days to devour it.
Positioned as ‘An Uncle’s Memoir’, Breakfast relates the tumultuous co-habitation of Eddy and Tiffany. The former is a quirky gay guy in his 40s, complete with crazy-but-stylish social circle and OCD inclinations. The latter is his troubled, talented, adorable teenage niece – sent to inflict her tantrums on Uncle Eddy for a few years, since the folks back home can’t take her anymore.
Breakfast with Tiffany does for 2000s literature what The Prince of Tides did in the 80s, with similar touching nuances, descriptive richness and a bit of heartbreak. And its truth, complemented by passing references to Manhattan post-9/11 and the war on Iraq, makes the ride ever sweeter. My prediction: it’s the next big thing.
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