![]() ![]() ![]() Summary Īfter three months in Paris, Sally Jay Gorce, a 21-year-old college graduate, runs into Larry Keevil, an actor she performed summer stock with in America. In October 1993, seven years after Private Eye had pointed out the similarities, Jilly Cooper admitted that sections of her first two novels, Emily and Bella, were plagiarised from The Dud Avocado, but said that it was not deliberate. ![]() The novel was based on Dundy's own experiences living in Paris and follows the misadventures of Sally Jay Gorce, a 21-year-old American graduate having love affairs and trying to break into the film industry in France. After falling out of print it was re-issued by NYRB Classics and Virago Modern Classics in 20 respectively. The novel was a bestseller upon its release and earned acclaim from Groucho Marx, Gore Vidal and Ernest Hemingway. The Dud Avocado is the debut novel of writer Elaine Dundy, first published in 1958. ![]()
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