Elaine Dundy

The Dud Avocado -- Elaine Dundy, Paperback

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A smart, funny classic about a young and beautiful American woman who moves to Paris determined to live life to the fullest.

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



Author: Elaine Dundy
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 06/05/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.02w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781590172322

About the Author

Elaine Dundy (1921--2008) was born in New York City, and lived in Paris and London. She was married for a time to theater critic Kenneth Tynan. She wrote plays, novels, and biographies, including Elvis and Gladys and Life Itself! Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, and Vogue among other publications. Her novel, The Dud Avocado, was re-published by NYRB Classics in 2007.

Terry Teachout is the drama critic for The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large for Commentary. He has written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, Duke Ellington, and H. L. Mencken; the libretti for three operas by Paul Moravec; and a play, Satchmo at the Waldorf, that has been produced off-Broadway and throughout America.

Product Tags:

Americans - France, Classics, Coming of Age, Elaine Dundy, Fiction, Literature - Classics / Criticism, New York Review Books Classics, New York Review of Books, Paperback, Women

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