A young girl in the 1950’s leaves her home of the States and sets off to Paris in search of adventure. Firmly turning he back on all things conventional Sally Jay embarks on adventures and a swift education in growing up. A great coming of age book.
July 2010 Guest Editor Louise Candlish on Elaine Dundy...
This has always been my favourite rite-of-passage book. I much prefer Sally Jay Gorce to Holden Caulfield and the others. She is charm itself. No other book makes me want to time-travel so much, to go to Paris in the ’50s and drift about being frivolous and spontaneous and generally intoxicated by the very idea of love.
'Funny, funny, funny. She's wicked and wise' GRETA GERWIG'One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence' OBSERVER'Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and true' EVENING STANDARD'One of the best novels about growing up fast' GUARDIAN'This dizzying evocation of youth, sex, irresponsibility and doubt is laugh-out-loud funny' DAILY MAIL
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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'Funny, funny, funny. She's wicked and wise' GRETA GERWIG'One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence' OBSERVER'Scandalous and entertaining . . .
The Dud Avocado features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Hardback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Dud Avocado was written by Elaine Dundy and published by Virago an imprint of Little, Brown
The Dud Avocado has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
