The Old Man and Me - Elaine Dundy

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. nA sly, funny novel about an American girl trying to make it in 1960s London-and discovering that she's in over head. nIn 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 no wiser. n n Honey Flood (if that's her real name) arrives in London with only her quick wits and a scheme. To get what she wants, she'll have to seduce the city's brightest literary star, no matter how many would-be bohemians she has to charm, how many smoky jazz clubs she has to brave, or how many Lady Something-Somethings she has to humor. But with success within her reach, Honey finds that in making the Soho scene, she's made a big mistake.n