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Dirty week-end

Dirty week-end

CrimeLiterary Fiction
Pages
204
Published
1992
Language
English

Synopsis

This long-awaited re-edition marks the return of Helen Zahavi's debut novel, a dark classic first published in 1991. The book gained notoriety for being the last literary work to face a ban request in the London Parliament due to its perceived immorality. It explores themes of revolt, domination, gender relations, vengeance, and violence, solidifying its place as an absolute classic of the genre.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkGrittyTense
Revenge

Genres

Crime Literary Fiction Thriller

Authors

H
Helen Zahavi

Helen Zahavi is best known for her novel Dirty week-end, a darkly humorous and often shocking look at female revenge. Her writing is direct and challenging, often satirizing societal expectations.

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Jean Esch

Jean Esch, born in 1962, is a French literary translator working from English, with a graduate degree in English studies. Over a four-decade career he has become one of France's leading translators of crime fiction and thrillers, translating authors including Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, George Pelecanos, and Donald Westlake, as well as Robert Muchamore's Cherub series. He is best known as the principal French translator of Philip Pullman, rendering the His Dark Materials trilogy and the...

Characters

All characters in Dirty week-end