In the new book of the famous writer Lev Gursky, his favorite heroes - private detective Yakov Stern and the famous savior of the Fatherland, FSB captain Maxim Laptev - for the first time join their efforts in search of clues to the phenomenon of the Jewish component of Russian and world literature. The collection includes ten dialogues, which were first published on the website www.booknik.ru, as well as an Index of names and titles compiled personally by Ya. S. Stern. The book is decorated with drawings by the famous graphic artist Arkady Gursky.