Dundy, Elaine
The Dud Avocado (Virago Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780349010373
- author:
- Dundy, Elaine
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Virago Press Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 20.2 x 13.2 x 2.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Dud Avocado is a novel about living life to the fullest. In 1950s Paris, Sally Jay Gorce embarks on an unconventional education, which includes an affair with a married man, nights in cabarets and jazz clubs, and a brief entanglement with a charming psychopath.
As she navigates her whirlwind existence, Sally must confront the consequences of her choices. Will she be forced to return home to fulfill her destiny as a librarian, or can she continue to live life on her own terms?
This novel, first published in 1964, has gained a cult following for its portrayal of a woman hellbent on living life to the fullest.
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