The book of ironic memoirs “Midlife Crisis” is an attempt to look into your past, to understand the world around you in all its manifestations. The author explains the apparent chaotic nature of the themes and the variety of genres in which the stories are written by the capricious nature of his Muse. Which can appear completely unexpectedly, for example, in a subway car or trolleybus, wake you up in the middle of the night and put you at your desk, giving inspiration and a variety of stories, or disappear for a long time, dooming you to muteness.