The Authentic Life of Denis Korablyov. Who am I? Denis from the stories or Denis Viktorovich Dragunsky? Or both at once?

Denis Dragunsky — a writer and journalist, author of books such as “The Prose Factory”, “The Deceivers”, “The Daughter of the Beloved Woman”, “The Neighbor Girl” and many others. The son of writer Viktor Dragunsky, creator of the famous “Deniska's Stories”. “The Authentic Life of Denis Korablyov” is a journey into oneself, a dialogue with one's literary double. An almost autobiographical novel, sincere and ruthless to oneself. About family, childhood and growing up in Moscow in the 1950s-60s, about the yard, a bicycle and a father's “Volga”, about dad and mom and their circle of friends from famous writers to modest classmates; about an apartment on Karetny Lane and a house in a writers' village, about summer house and school friends, about first loves, about envy, pity, foolishness and happiness. About the fictional character invented by Viktor Dragunsky, the eternally cheerful boy Denis Korablyov — and about the real Denis Dragunsky, who is often confused with him.