<strong>The Dud Avocado</strong> follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a youngAmerican who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Wha... » 

The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a youngAmerican who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Whartonand Henry James wrote about the American girl abroad but it was ElaineDundy8217s Sally Jay Gorce who told us what she was really thinking.Charming sexy and hilarious The Dud Avocado gained instant cult statuswhen it was first published and it remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. 8220I had to tell someone how much I enjoyed The DudAvocado. It made me laugh scream and guffaw which incidentally is a greatname for a law firm.8221 8211Groucho Marx quotThe Dud Avocado isone of the best novels about growing up fast...quot The Guardian «