The Dud Avocado

Zusatztext ** 'Scandalous and entertaining ... Both funny and true Informationen zum Autor Elaine Dundy (1921-2008) grew up in New York City and Long Island. After graduating from Sweet Briar College in 1943, she worked as an actress in Paris and, later, London, where she met her future husband, the theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Dundy wrote three novels, The Dud Avocado (1958), The Old Man and Me (1964), and The Injured Party (1974); a play, My Place (produced in 1962); biographies of Elvis Presley and the actor Peter Finch; a study of Ferriday, Louisiana; and a memoir, Life Itself! Klappentext A new addition to the Virago Modern Classics series, recounting a young woman's adventures in Paris in the 1950s, which has been out of print for some years. Vorwort 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Dundy
• Assisted by: Rachel Cooke (Introduction), Rachel Goodson (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.08.1993
• EAN: 9781853815812
• ISBN: 978-1-85381-581-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 201 mm x 132 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Virago Paperbacks; Virago Modern Classics; Virago Modern Classics; Virago Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Romance / General, Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Adventure fiction, Fiction: general and literary