The Dud Avocado (New York Review Books Classics)

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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.

“I had to tell someone how much I enjoyed The Dud Avocado. It made me laugh, scream, and guffaw (which, incidentally, is a great name for a law firm).” –Groucho Marx

"[The Dud Avocado] is one of the best novels about growing up fast..." -The Guardian

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This novel is very much a product of its time and comes from the same literary vein as Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Our main character - the flighty Sally Jay Gorce - hops from one scene to the other with random reckless abandon in the streets and clubs of 1950s Paris. At this point in the novel, there is no real plot, and only a few minor points are necessary for the overall storyline. The first half of the novel makes it difficult to maintain interest in a character, who, even though she is only 19 years old or so, seems to have no plan other than prattle on inconsequential issues. The rest of the characters in the book are practically flat and interchangeable, and I didn't care about a single one of them. Dundy presents a fairly accurate view of what a na?ve American girl in 1950's France, but I disagree with the reviewers who found it funny -- but then again, maybe in 1950 this WAS funny.

It's not until the second half of the novel when SJ and three friends leave Paris and travel south where they encounter a film crew looking for extras that this novel actually develops a plot enough to keep the story moving forward.

I picked this up because it is a New York Review of Books edition and was recommended by NPR. So while I may not have completely enjoyed this novel, it is a good example of its time and of some of the modern literature that was being read at that time.

This is just "events" in the life of a girl who considered herself to be in the best, most hip spot in the world and thought she would share with us inexperienced folk, the daily excitement and controversy of who sat at what table during lunch and the significant importance of it for creativity as a whole. But I actually like the first thirty or so pages. It was like sitting down to a movie you aren't familiar with and getting engaged and wondering where the plot will go and then noticing that the main character is focusing far too much on who likes who and then realize you're watching a teen novel movie.

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