For the first time in Russian - the debut novel of the author of “Fine Work”, one of the brightest debuts in British prose of the turn of the century. Nancy lives in a provincial English town, her father runs a seaside oyster bar. Every evening, dressed in her evening dress, she visits the music hall, where Kitty Butler performs a burlesque number. Gradually the girls become closer, and when the new impresario offers Kitty a London engagement, Nancy follows her to the capital. Soon the whole of London is talking about their joint number. Nancy is happy, not yet realizing how close separation is, what depth she will have to sink to to find herself, and what predators are found in the bottom waters...