Erin's review
The Dud Avocado
by Elaine Dundy
Erin's review
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
Erin's review
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I hesitate to use the word "charming" but then again that just sums this baby up. Who doesn't want to read about a neurotic young wanna-be-actress living it up in Paris? Written in the late 1950s, Sally Jay Gorce manages to feel contemporary thanks to her I'll-sleep-with-whomever-I-want-thank-you-very-much-and-yes-I-prefer-to-spend-the-majority-of-my-life-getting-drunk-and-living-with-a-hangover. She'd be a personal hero if she wasn't so naive and sometimes painfully self-concious about her "phoniness" (yeah, it's Salingeresque). It's a perfect summer beach read if you can get over the rushed climax that happens way too late and is ultimately unsatisfying.
