In this book, there is not a single boring story. Our hero, a simple guy named Alexey Gagach, goes through these pages from infancy to middle age, during which he manages to become a jack of all trades, move to...
St. Petersburg, take his first steps in literature, and almost cause an apocalypse. At every turn, something hilariously funny, and sometimes even tragicomic, happens to him. But he always manages to come out unscathed and help those around him, so when he talks about "becoming nobody" — he is clearly being modest.
In this book, there is not a single boring story. Our hero, a simple guy named Alexey Gagach, goes through these pages from infancy to middle age, during which he manages to become a jack of all trades, move to St. Petersburg, take his first steps in literature, and almost cause an apocalypse. At every turn, something hilariously funny, and sometimes even tragicomic, happens to him. But he always manages to come out unscathed and help those around him, so when he talks about "becoming nobody" — he is clearly being modest.