Герои Алексея Слаповского не боятся рисковать, да и сама жизнь постоянно подталкивает их к экстравагантным поступкам. Антону Каялову, профессиональному составителю кроссвордов, предстоит ответить на 377 откровенных вопросов, и он начинает проверять каждый ответ не деле — "Вас пытались отравить?", "Всегда ли Вы можете удержаться от того, чтобы не украсть?"... А неудачник Павел Федорович почти поймал удачу, надо совсем немного — чтобы кто-то помог...
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Aleksey Slapovsky is a vital member of the new and brilliant group of Russian post-modern writers with approximately over 100 publications in periodic literary magazines, 15 book titles published and reprinted in Russia and 10 books translated into other languages. Aleksey Slapovsky made his name with the novel “It’s Not Me” (Russian: Я - не я) which was short-listed for the prestigious national Booker Prize.
Slapovsky is a nominee and winner of many prestigious awards and prizes. His novels are all comedy and drama in one, easily apperceived by a reader of any origin and age. Raising philosophical questions and serious issues the author always uses breathtaking narrative structure that keeps a reader constantly interested and curious; clearness and simplicity of the story telling language understandable by any target group and always - a tricking twist. His humour does not have language borders and his deepness – a bottom.