This is a poem about necessary but unnecessary people. About the salt of the salt-free earth and the hope that the garden city will still exist. About the capital, about the province; about the province in the capital and about the provincial capital. A book for those who lived through their tenths and are ready to rush headlong into their twenties. This is a story with an absent-minded and anxious smile on its face. Roman is the heir of all his relatives. A polemical story with the hope that dialogue will generate, if not truth, then understanding. Magical socialist realism with chthonic tendencies. A parable about how in a tunnel of pitch gray there is light around the bend. Winner of the “In Search of Truth and Justice” award - 1st place in the “Young Prose of Russia” nomination. Contains obscene language.