Background
Her father came to Britain with the Polish Army during the Second World War and her mother"s parents came from Odessa.
(A struggling young artist, scorned by his girlfriend and ...)
A struggling young artist, scorned by his girlfriend and humiliated by his peers, dreams of success and a house price crash. Drawn into an elaborate attempt at forgery, he embarks on a scam whose repercussions ripple out to include violence and murder. Running and hiding from an implacable foe, forced to watch as his life disintegrates, he finally connects with his inner thug and wreaks brutal revenge on all his tormentors. The tone is dark, the humour black, and at its core is the iron reality of that thing called money - who has it and who doesn't, the lack of it and the longing for it. First Danny suffers, then he finds his redemption, and his retribution, when it comes, is shocking, visceral and wholly enjoyable. Weaving in themes of envy and privilege, of wealth and exclusion, Brighton Boy is a vivid snapshot of our times, and plugs into the rage of that lost generation which is priced out of housing and locked out of the good life.
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("This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and ...)
"This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realised she'd had enough..." So begins Dirty Weekend, one woman's tale of fear and revenge. Dark, violent and brutally funny, Dirty Weekend was hugely controversial when first published in 1991. Although it polarised the critics on release, it went on to be translated into thirteen languages, became a UK and European bestseller, and was made into a feature film by Michael Winner, director of Death Wish. Blackly comic, hugely violent and wholly original, it still retains its impact today.
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Her father came to Britain with the Polish Army during the Second World War and her mother"s parents came from Odessa.
Before becoming a writer Zahavi worked as a Russian translator, and has spent several years living in Paris. Her first novel, Dirty Weekend (1991), caused a media storm on publication, and critical reaction was extreme and polarised. A half-page article in The Sunday Times questioning the book"s morality and the author"s sanity set the tone for much of the press comment that followed.
Despite initial media hostility, the book went on to be a bestseller in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Dirty Weekend has been translated into thirteen languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Czechoslovakian and Korean. She has written three further novels, True Romance (1994) Donna and the Fatman (1998), and Brighton Boy (2013) which have been widely reviewed and translated.
(A struggling young artist, scorned by his girlfriend and ...)
("This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and ...)
The book was attacked by Salman Rushdie, defended by Naomi Wolf, and analysed at length in both the broadsheet and popular press