If you're looking for an easy read and don't feel quite vegetative enough to sink to airport potboiler level, try Elaine Dundy's "The Dud Avocado" (NYRB Classics). Published in 1958, it tells the story of one Sally Jay Gorce, American girl on the loose in Paris. But the clichés end ... </img>
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The synopsis tells me I would love to read this book. A single young woman in Paris...in the 50's no less. Such racy, naughty lovely romance and adventure. A bottle of wine, this book and a long weekend and I'm all set.