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The dud avocado / Elaine Dundy ; introduction by Terry Teachout

By:

Dundy, Elaine

Contributor(s):

Teachout, Terry

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New York Review Books classicsPublication details: New York : New York Review Books , c2007.Description: x, 260 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781590172322

Subject(s):

Americans -- -France -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

Fiction

DDC classification:

FIC DUN

LOC classification:

PS3554.U466 D83 2007

Summary: 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..."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC DUN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		034189

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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..."

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