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Helen Zahavi (born 1966) is an English novelist and screenwriter born and educated in London. Her father was sent to Britain with the Polish Army in the Second World War, while her mother's parents came from Odessa .
Welcome to the website of Helen Zahavi, author of Dirty Weekend, True Romance and Donna and the Fatman. All three novels provoked very strong -- sometimes outraged -- reactions, and have been widely reviewed and translated.
Helen Zahavi is a British novelist who worked as a Russian-English translator before becoming a writer. Her first novel, Dirty Weekend (1991), is about a young woman who is tormented by a predatory neighbour until she finally has enough.
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Dirty Weekend is a controversial and acclaimed novel by Helen Zahavi, a British writer of black comedy and feminist fiction. The book follows Bella, a woman who kills men who harass or abuse her, with wit, style and violence.
Dirty Weekend is a novel by Helen Zahavi, adapted into a film two years later by Zahavi and director Michael Winner. In the US it was first published under the title The Weekend; some editions are subtitled "A Novel of Revenge".
True Romance is a dark and witty story of a young refugee who becomes a pawn in a twisted game of seduction and betrayal. The novel explores themes of identity, alienation and desire in a modern London setting.
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Jun 26, 1994 · The Best of Times: When he held the gun to my head, it was so seductive: Helen Zahavi talks to Danny Danziger. Danny Danziger. Sunday 26 June 1994 23:02 BST. Comments. I was very young, 19, and...
