The action of Boris Stein's novel takes place in the 90s at the famous Moscow book club. This is the only book that tells about the formation and customs of the Russian book market. The novel is written in the style of the best books by Arthur Haley. The main character of the novel largely follows the fate of the author. Marine officer. Famous writer. And then, well past 50, he suddenly changes his fate and becomes a bookseller. But this is a background novel. And the novel itself is about... love. His characters, brought to the capital from different parts of their former common homeland, are looking for themselves and each other in the cruel whirlwind of the 90s. In this game without rules, they are guided by their own concepts of good and evil. Counterfeit life, counterfeit feelings, counterfeit country and – counterfeit books, school textbooks, around which the detective intrigue of the novel is built.