The Dud Avocado

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by Elaine Dundy

The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Wharton and Henry James wrote about the American girl abroad, but it was Elaine Dundy’s Sally Jay Gorce who told us what she was really thinking.

Charming, sexy, and hilarious, The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status when it was first published and it remains a timeless portrait of a woman hell-bent on living.

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I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous.

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I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous.

— Elaine Dundy, The Dud Avocado