Alexander Pokrovsky, the author of such wonderful books as “...Shoot!”, “72 meters”, “Behemoth” and many others, tells in his new book “Propadino” an amazing story written according to the laws of grotesque and phantasmagoria, which are the foundation of Russian literature ..The question “How not to get lost in the leapfrog of time?” stands before every person now. Alexander Pokrovsky answers it with sparkling humor and brilliant imagination. In order not to get mixed up in the flow of everyday life, it is necessary to think and speak in a clear language, the writer argues. This is exactly what “Propadino” is about – about thinking through Russian words, about speaking in Russian, about overcoming the darkness of inarticulateness and lies.