The name of the writer Valentin Kataev has been known to almost every reader since childhood. His creative path was long and fruitful. Both he and his works have long been the subject of close attention and study by researchers. But this book is special. These are the son’s memories of his father, about his life, as he imagines it, about his father’s creative search, about time and the people around him. Written with love and humor, this book will tell a lot of new things to admirers of the writer’s work.