The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy 9781844087600 NEW Free UK Delivery
The Dud AvocadoAuthor(s): Elaine Dundy, Rachel Cooke
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
ISBN-13: 9781844087600, 978-1844087600
Synopsis
'One of the best novels about growing up fast' GUARDIAN
'One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence' OBSERVER
'Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and true' EVENING STANDARD
The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living.
Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It's the 1950s, she's young and she's in Paris. 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. 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 \""?
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The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy 9781844087600 NEW Free UK Delivery
The Dud AvocadoAuthor(s): Elaine Dundy, Rachel Cooke
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
ISBN-13: 9781844087600, 978-1844087600
Synopsis
'One of the best novels about growing up fast' GUARDIAN
'One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence' OBSERVER
'Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and true' EVENING STANDARD
The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living.
Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It's the 1950s, she's young and she's in Paris. 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. 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 \""?
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The Dud AvocadoAuthor(s): Elaine Dundy, Rachel Cooke
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
ISBN-13: 9781844087600, 978-1844087600
Synopsis
'One of the best novels about growing up fast' GUARDIAN
'One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence' OBSERVER
'Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and true' EVENING STANDARD
The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living.
Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It's the 1950s, she's young and she's in Paris. 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. 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 \""?
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Language | english |
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