Elaine Dundy,Terry Teachout
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 Dundyâ€™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.,â€œI 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).â€ â€“Groucho Marx,[,The Dud Avocado,] is one of the best novels about growing up fast..." ,-The Guardian,â€œA cheerfully uninhibited...variation on the theme of the Innocents Abroad...Miss Dundy comes up with fresh and spirited comedy....Her novel is enormous funâ€”sparklingly written, genuinely youthful in spirit.â€ â€”The Atlantic
Fiction,Classics,Cultural,France,Novels,Literature,20th Century,Travel,Humor,Literature,American,Young Adult,Coming Of Age,Literature
The Dud Avocado