Sad Detective

Late in the evening, former criminal investigation officer Leonid Soshnin is returning home. Soshnin is only forty-two, but his life is already going off the rails. On the way, Leonid recalls the years he has lived and tries to find answers to the troubling questions that haunt him. Why is there so much grief and suffering in life and so little - love and happiness? Why are Russian people willing to sympathize with a criminal and a killer, but barely notice when a helpless veteran dies next door? First published in 1986, "Sad Detective" caused a real sensation. The novel was translated into major European languages, and its adaptation successfully ran on the stage of the Mossovet Theatre for more than thirty years. This edition also includes the stories "Without the Last", "To Live a Life", "Born by Me", "From Quiet Light".