The book by journalist Anna Narinskaya is not only a collection of her best notes on the main cultural events of the decade. “Not a Finch” is a kind of critical diary in which the author reflects on time and himself, on whether art can change something in the life of society, and asks the question of when and why this society lost the ability to dialogue. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s letter from the colony, “Benefactor” by Jonathan Littell, discussions about dissidence and the nineties and much more - this is the fabric from which our current view of the world is woven. The author ruthlessly and accurately analyzes this view and how it changed. The book includes articles published by the Kommersant publishing house and texts that are being published for the first time.