Zweigstelle	Signatur	Mediengruppe	Barcode	Standort 2
Zweigstelle: Trier, BBSW	Signatur: Ofk 6 Capote	Mediengruppe:	Barcode: 01010404	Standort 2:

One day, the unnamed narrator learns that his old neighbor, Holly Golightly, was seen in Africa, where a local artist carved her likeness into a piece of wood. He recalls how he met Holly when he first moved to New York City as a struggling writer and rented an apartment in the same building as Holly.

 

Holly is a flighty, mysterious, and often painfully naive character who seems to live off the money given to her by her rich friends and lovers. Once a week, she visits known gangster Sally Tomato in Sing Sing Prison, where she receives cryptic messages she delivers to Sally's lawyer in exchange for $100.

Holly's primary goal is to marry rich and live a life of comfort and pleasure. She initially sets her sights on Rusty Trawler, a rich playboy, but when he deserts her she turns her attention to Jose Ybarra-Jaegar, a wealthy Brazilian man with dreams of becoming a politician. Meanwhile, the narrator and Holly become close friends.

One day, Doc Golightly, Holly's husband, visits from Texas. He and Holly got married when she was just fourteen years old, and she left him after three years. Shortly after this visit, Holly learns that her brother Fred was killed in the war. Holly is later arrested because of her connection to Sally Tomato, but flees the country, hoping to find happiness in Brazil. Except for one postcard, the narrator never hears from her again.