Donna's Revenge

How much can Donna take before she finally snaps? And when she does snap - how far will she go? From its menacing opening chapter to its violent and explosive conclusion, Helen Zahavi's third novel is a brutally funny tale of cruelty, lust, violation and revenge. Set in the lurid, hallucinatory atmosphere of London's criminal underworld, it pits the Fatman, an enigmatic and sadistic gang boss, against Donna, his nemesis. Zahavi is an original, a literary outlaw - The TimesIt's as if Quentin Tarantino was on a writing sabbatical in North London. Stacked with smart dialogue and a vivid sense of location - Independent on SundayShe writes like Harold Pinter with attitude: slyly mannered, darkly ironic, gleefully menacing - The Bookseller


Genre: Mystery

"Although Zahavi knows how to spin a knuckle-tightening story, it is her surprising manipulation of language that makes this a truly rewarding read. Her real skill is in writing tense, deadpan dialogue that reveals the values, desires and emotional strategies of her characters... Donna and the Fatman is as memorable as Graham Greene's 1938 classic, Brighton Roc." - Deborah Levy

"Lurid atmosphere, cracking dialogue and dark humour. Slick, unsettling and wholly original." - Lottie Moggach