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the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s.
NYRB Classics
June 2007
On Sale: June 5, 2007
272 pages
ISBN: 1590172329
EAN: 9781590172322
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The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic
adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer
Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Wharton and Henry James wrote
about the American girl abroad, but it was Elaine Dundy’s
Sally Jay Gorce who told us what she was really thinking.
Charming, sexy, and hilarious, The Dud Avocado gained
instant cult status when it was first published and it
remains a timeless portrait of a woman hell-bent on
living.
“I had to tell someone how much I enjoyed
The Dud Avocado. It made me laugh, scream, and guffaw
(which, incidentally, is a great name for a law firm).”
–Groucho Marx
"[The Dud Avocado] is one of the
best novels about growing up fast..." -The Guardian
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