The Dud Avocado

Funny, funny, funny. Shes wicked and wiseGRETA GERWIG
One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentenceOBSERVER
Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and trueEVENING STANDARD
One of the best novels about growing up fastGUARDIAN
This dizzying evocation of youth, sex, irresponsibility and doubt is laugh-out-loud funnyDAILY MAIL

Here was all the gaiety and glory and sparkle I knew was going to be life if I could just grasp it . . .

Sally Jay Gorce is a girl hellbent on living. Its the 1950s and shes an American in Paris: witty, headstrong and disaster-prone. She dyes her hair pink, wears evening dresses in the daytime and prowls the Left Bank in search of love, adventure and fame. But an education like this doesnt come cheap. Will our heroine be forced back to the States to fulfill her destiny as a librarian, or can she keep up her whirlwind Parisian existence?

As effervescent as a champagne cocktail, The Dud Avocado is a deliciously funny cult classic.

INTRODUCED BY RACHEL COOKE