As a person with a wonderful sense of not only humor, but also self-irony, Valery Khait has a very kind view of the world. The book “Grandfather Dancing on the Balcony” is the best proof of this. These ironic records, miniatures from real life with all its paradoxical uniqueness, despite their small form, are so exquisitely chiseled that they are one of the best examples of real Odessa humor - they are funny, and kind, and funny, and sad at the same time. In a word, to This book can easily be attributed to the words that Valery Khait himself, editor of the Odessa humor magazine “Fontan,” often says about the works of his authors: “Read! You will find it funny and intelligent!..”