Prince Incognito

Appearing in rumors, Anton Ponizovsky's first novel quickly made it to the shortlist of the Big Book Prize 2013. The new novel, Prince Incognito, is simultaneously an adventure novella, a purely realistic domestic drama, a passionate confession, and a detective story. 1908, Sicily, the battleship Tsarevich, romance and intrigue. And immediately: a modern province, a mental hospital. One of the patients is setting fire to fires; the psychiatrist must find the arsonist. But, as is customary in a Russian novel, behind the detective plot lies a question of ‘the ultimate truth’. Where is it: in the dull real world—or in colorful, golden dreams? And who is the true prince here?.. Maybe it's you?