The Old Man and Me
Published on 16. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-59017-317-6 (ISBN)
Description
In "The Dud Avocado," Dundy reveals the life of a young expatriate in Paris in all its hilarious and heartbreaking drama. With "The Old Man and Me," she tackles the American girl in London, a bit older, but certainly no wiser.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59017-317-6 (9781590173176)
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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 Party (1974); a play, My Place (produced in 1962); biographies of Elvis Presley and the actor Peter Finch; a study of Ferriday, Louisiana; and a memoir, Life Itself!