Embarking on an educational programme that includes an affair with a married man (which fizzles out when she realises he’s single and wants to marry her) nights in cabarets and jazz clubs in the company of assorted “citizens of the world” an entanglement with a charming psychopath and a bit part in a film financed by a famous matador.īut an education like this doesn’t come cheap. Having dyed her hair pink, she wears evening dresses in the daytime and vows to go native in a way not even the natives can manage. It’s the 1950s, she’s young and she’s in Paris. The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. A smart, funny classic about a young and beautiful American woman who moves to Paris determined to live life to the fullest. Read The Dud Avocado (New York Review Books Classics) book reviews & author details and more at Amazon.in. The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. Amazon.in - Buy The Dud Avocado (New York Review Books Classics) book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. ‘One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence’ OBSERVER I will repeat that for my own benefit, if you dont mind. 'I dont always understand other peoples motives. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous.'.

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