A mysterious character named Zhenomor, torn by bouts of seething anger, embodied the shadow, gloomy side of the author’s soul. The reckless adventures of this demon of evil, during which he either plays the role of Jack the Ripper in England, then appears during the first Russian revolution in Russia, or becomes the god of an Indian tribe in America, add up to one of the most striking and original works of the first half of the 20th century . Published in Russian for the first time.