Before Breakfast at Tiffany'             s Audrey Hepburn was still a little-known actress with few film roles to speak of; after it -              indeed, because of it - she was one of the world'             s most famous fashion, style and screen icons. It was this film that matched her with Hubert de Givenchy'             s "             little black dress"             . Meanwhile, Truman Capote'             s original novel is itself a modern classic selling huge numbers every year, and its high-living author of perennial interest.
 Now, this little book tells the story of how it all happened: how Audrey got the role (for which at first she wasn'             t considered, and which she at first didn'             t want); how long it took to get the script right; how it made Blake Edwards'              name as a director after too many trashy films had failed to; and how Henry Mancini'             s soundtrack with its memorable signature tune '             Moon River'              completed the irresistible package. 
 This is the story of how one shy, uncertain, inexperienced young actress was persuaded to take on a role she at first thought too hard-edged and amoral -              and how it made Audrey Hepburn into gamine, elusive Holly Golightly in the little black dress - and a star for the rest of her life.


