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The Old Man and Me
Elaine Dundy
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Description for The Old Man and Me
Paperback. * Black comedy in the style of The Dud Avocado * 'Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy' Dawn Powell, Book Week Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
'A gloriously funny novel . . . it still brings a smile to my face forty years later' JILLY COOPER
'Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy' DAWN POWELL, WASHINGTON POST
' Elaine Dundy's young and sexy American heroine, named (excellently) Honey Flood' LOS ANGELES TIMES
In The Dud Avocado, Elaine Dundy revealed the life of the young expatriate in Paris in all its hilarious and heartbreaking drama. With The Old Man and Me, written when Dundy was living in England in the early 1960s, she tackles the American girl in London, a bit older but certainly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Weight
202g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844081240
SKU
V9781844081240
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About Elaine Dundy
Elaine Dundy (1921-2008) grew up in New York City and Long Island. After graduating from Sweet Briar College in 1943, she worked as an actress in Paris and, later, London, where she met her future husband, the theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Dundy wrote three novels, The Dud Avocado (1958), The Old Man and Me (1964), and The Injured ... Read more
Reviews for The Old Man and Me
It is a glimpse of a vanished world, a city which did not require a fortune if one were to carouse, an suffer, in its more pleasant quarters
The Times
A gloriously funny novel . . . it still brings a smile to my face forty years later
Jilly Cooper Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy ... Read more
The Times
A gloriously funny novel . . . it still brings a smile to my face forty years later
Jilly Cooper Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy ... Read more