Yaakov Shabtai (1934-1981) is a classic of modern Israeli literature. He is a novelist, playwright, poet, translator, and lyricist of many popular songs. His first novel, Zichron Dvarim (translated as The Goldman Memorandum), immediately brought the author wide fame: it was translated into 20 languages, and in a 2007 survey among twenty-five leading Israeli publishers, editors, and critics, it was selected the best Hebrew book written in Israel since the founding of the state in In 1948. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, the poet of this city. After the army, he lived on a kibbutz for ten years, was a member of the youth organization "Young Guardian" (Ashomer Atzair). The writer is often compared to Joyce and Proust. The novel depicts the atmosphere of free, open Tel Aviv in the 70s. Translated from Hebrew and afterword by Nahum Weyman.