Elaine Dundy: 1921-2008 PDF Print E-mail

Elaine Dundy, author of The Dud Avocado, has died at the age of 86. A wonderfully talented and vivid writer, she was famously married to the critic and bon viveur Kenneth Tynan. For more on her life see her full entry on this website: http://www.johnsonandalcock.com/content/view/35/39/ 

NYRB Classics recently reprinted her best-known work, and will shortly reissue The Old Man and Me on the same list. To hear her obituary on BBC iPlayer, including contributions from her old friend Gore Vidal, please follow this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/factual.shtml?radio4/last_word 
 

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