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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Dud Avocado

The Dud Avocado

Dundy, Elaine
Teachout, Terry

Paperback

Series: New York Review Books Classics

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1590172329
ISBN13: 9781590172322
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: Jun 5 2007
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.02 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

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

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