Her name is Sally Jay Gorce, and her default speed, as she puts it, is "hellbent for living."īasically, if you were to set Henry James' Portrait of a Lady near the Sorbonne, untangle the sentences and add more slapstick, sex and champagne cocktails, you're getting close. It featured a discreetly obscured nude woman - which is entirely appropriate: The Dud Avocado is the riveting story of a carbonated American girl thundering through Paris in the 1950s. I picked it up when it was reissued in 2007 because of the cover. This book has been in and out of print since it was first published in 1958. But if you're the type of person who's even once considered wearing a beret, I thoroughly recommend reading Elaine Dundy's first novel, The Dud Avocado. Granted, it took a film in which no French is actually spoken for the Gauls to bring home the gold. A junior sophisticate, in her tingling pursuit of people, places and upper case Experience provides a diverting first novel, which for all its purposeful. More telling: This year's Best Picture statue went to a French film, The Artist, for the very first time. Look at this year's Academy Awards: Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, his top-grossing movie of all time, was nominated in four categories. It's not always the case, but Americans are feeling pretty good about the French these days. Rosecrans Baldwin is the author of Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Dud Avocado Author Elaine Dundy
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