Posted by Notcot on Feb 3, 2013 in
Cult Film 
THE DUD AVOCADO gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. It is, as the GUARDIAN observes, ‘one of the best novels about growing up fast’. Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It’s the 1950s, she’s young, and she’s in Paris. Having dyed her hair pink, she wears evening dresses in the daytime and vows to go native in a way not even the natives can manage. Embarking on an educational programme that includes an affair with a married man (which fizzles out when she realises he’s single and wants to marry her); nights in cabarets and jazz clubs in the company of assorted “citizens of the world” an entanglement with a charming psychopath; and a bit part in a film financed by a famous matador. But an education like this doesn’t come cheap. Will our heroine be forced back to the States to fulfill her destiny as a librarian, or can she keep up her whirlwind Parisian existence?
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Posted by Notcot on Jul 26, 2012 in
Cult Film 
THE DUD AVOCADO gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. It is, as the GUARDIAN observes, ‘one of the best novels about growing up fast’. Sally Jay Gorce is a woman with a mission. It’s the 1950s, she’s young, and she’s in Paris. Having dyed her hair pink, she wears evening dresses in the daytime and vows to go native in a way not even the natives can manage. Embarking on an educational programme that includes an affair with a married man (which fizzles out when she realises he’s single and wants to marry her); nights in cabarets and jazz clubs in the company of assorted “citizens of the world” an entanglement with a charming psychopath; and a bit part in a film financed by a famous matador. But an education like this doesn’t come cheap. Will our heroine be forced back to the States to fulfill her destiny as a librarian, or can she keep up her whirlwind Parisian existence?
Price : £ 6.99
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Posted by Notcot on May 22, 2010 in
Gadgets 
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Please Note: Unfortunately we are no longer stocking this product, please do not click the ‘E-mail me when back in stock’ option. For great alternatives, check out the products below! I’ve never done it myself, of course, but crashing out on the floor of a chum’s flat can be a soul-destroying experience, particularly if it’s on a school night and you find yourself facing a slog to work the next morning, unshaven, unkempt and reeking of stale cider. In fact, a friend told me all about it. Now help is at hand in the shape of a discreet blue perspex pack. And it simply couldn’t come at a better time for the go-anywhere Now Generation of today’s young groovers. Think of it as life support for your social life; containing all you need to get pepped-up and gorgeous the morning after the night before. It’s an all-in-one male grooming kit designed to live permanently in your briefcase or, for that matter, record bag. And it works simply splendidly.As a definitive go-anywhere pack of comestibles, it includes all manner of super disposables such as a razor, shaving cream and aftershave balm for your face, a deodorant wipe and shower gel for your Adonis-like body, and shampoo for your hair. Not to mention a throwaway toothbrush and toothpaste. So now your smile can be as pearly white as your reputation. For 12 years + (or whenever you start shaving)
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