classes vs dicts

[Charlie]

Greetings,

I am pretty new to Python and like it very much, but there is one
thing I can't figure out and I couldn't really find anything in the
docs that addresses this.

Say I want to write an address book program, what is the best way to
define a person (and the like): create a class (as I would do in Java)
or use a dictionary?
I guess using dictionaries is fastest and easiest, but is this
recommended?

Thanx for any help.