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Description for The Dud Avocado
Paperback. * Hugely entertaining novel of sex, lies and Americans in Paris * Dripping with the sarcasm those Americans are not supposed to have Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks. Lightly sunned & foxed, remains a good readable copy
'One of the best novels about growing up fast' GUARDIAN
'One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence' OBSERVER
'Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and true' EVENING STANDARD
The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living.
Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It's the 1950s, she's young and she's in Paris. Having dyed her hair pink, she wears evening dresses in the daytime and vows to go native in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Good
Series
VMC
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853815812
SKU
KCW0018105
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Elaine Dundy
Elaine Dundy (1921-2008) grew up in New York City and Long Island. After graduating from Sweet Briar College in 1943, she worked as an actress in Paris and, later, London, where she met her future husband, the theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Dundy wrote three novels, The Dud Avocado (1958), The Old Man and Me (1964), and The Injured ... Read more
Reviews for The Dud Avocado
Readers turn to it again and again for its jokes, which are very funny and remain so after a dozen readings
Rachel Cooke
Guardian
A champagne cocktail . . . Rich, invigorating, and deceptively simple to the taste . . . One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence
Observer ... Read more
Rachel Cooke
Guardian
A champagne cocktail . . . Rich, invigorating, and deceptively simple to the taste . . . One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence
Observer ... Read more