{"product_id":"dud-avocado","title":"Dud Avocado","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the best novels about growing up fast'' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from the first sentence'' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Scandalous and entertaining . . . Both funny and true'' \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dud Avocado\u003c\/i\u003e gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It''s the 1950s, she''s young and she''s in Paris. Having dyed her hair pink, she wears evening dresses in the daytime and vows to go native in a way not even the natives can manage. Embarking on an educational programme that includes an affair with a married man (which fizzles out when she realises he''s single and wants to marry her); nights in cabarets and jazz clubs in the company of assorted \"citizens of the world\"; an entanglement with a charming psychopath and a bit part in a film financed by a famous matador. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut an education like this doesn''t 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57389432111486,"sku":"NW9781853815812","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781853815812.jpg?v=1778683219","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/dud-avocado","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}