Crazy Etiquette, or Twenty-Three Cautionary Tales That Will Make Your Blood Run Cold

Those who read all twenty-three stories of Vasya Bulkin will not recognize themselves in the mirror! They will transform instantly - radically, fundamentally, and irreversibly. If they walked around with dirty nails, constantly sniffling, they will become clean and tidy. And whoever shoved everyone with elbows and never held the door will earn the proud title of Mr. Gallantry. You get it, right?

It’s not so easy to understand the intricate and contradictory rules of etiquette. Each story from this colorful collection is funny and sad, useful for life and completely meaningless, very simple and very, very complicated. In short, “Crazy Etiquette” is an interesting and cunning book, no matter how you look at it!

What else can be expected from such an extraordinary writer as Alexander Blinov, known for his own transformations? First, like many of us, he was born. This happened in 1955, and soon the boy realized that he had to design rockets. And he learned to do that at university! Then he grew bored even with flying machines, and he transformed into a graphic artist, architect, and children's writer. And we are glad!

Alexander Blinov's extravagant miniatures “teach bad lessons,” similar to Grigory Oster's “Harmful Advice,” and they inherit the traditions of OBERIU and the magazine “Tram.” These stories were illustrated by Ekaterina Tikhova, already known to readers of the CompassGuid publishing house from the books “Impatient Stories,” “Signorina Cinnamon,” and “The Conspiracy of Flores.”