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Postwar · Fiction / reportage

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

by Truman Capote. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Truman Capote examining crime, identity, society; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

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Date
1958
Origin
United States
Era
Postwar
Genre
Fiction / reportage
Canon tier
Modern revised canon
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

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Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Truman Capote examining crime, identity, society; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.

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