At the center of the sharp plot is the complex family life of a middle-aged, yet passionate host of the "ART channel," Vsevolod Rigin, suddenly struck by late, irresistible love. Is it the collapse of the old way of life or a new twist in fate? Moreover, the reader will be drawn into the detective search for three mystical rarities — Pushkin's golden thimble, a button from the generalissimus's jacket, and a vase by supremacist Malevich. All of this is told in an engagingly interesting, entertaining manner, with the trademark Polish irony transitioning into sharp satire…
About the book:
● Vsevolod Rigin — a "semi-pensioner," host of the "Art channel" — suddenly falls in love. Moreover — throwing caution to the wind, the protagonist engages in a wild hunt for mysterious rarities.
● The pages of the new release feature: a cunning comedy, a family saga, production satire, political grotesque, and mystical realism — all in the trademark Polish style.
● The writer dissects modern Russian television with surgical precision: the creative environment, the crisis of culture, and the people who once worked, but now are "finishing up".
● Yuri Polyakov — a recognized classic of contemporary Russian literature, creator of "grotesque realism," and holder of the Great Gold Medal of Ivan Bunin. His works "Kid in Milk" and "Parisian Love of Kostya Humanov" are regularly reissued.
"Grandfather Fell in Love" — a choice for connoisseurs of prose with the trademark Polish grotesque: a funny, bitter, and unexpectedly touching novel about how love does not ask for age, and television does not ask for conscience.