The patented genre called “The Lives of Remarkable People”, as a rule, introduces the reader to the detailed biography of outstanding individuals who achieved success and withstood the dark waters of oblivion. But what about the rest? With those who had abilities, showed promise and failed? Isn't their fate worthy of memory? Marat Basyrov offers his “catalog of heroes”—the lives of his remarkable losers are colorful, absurd and tragic. Truly, as not only ascension, but also failure can be astonishing, so often fate’s minions lose to its stepchildren in the breadth of gesture and audacity of impulse. Marat Basyrov’s previous book “The Printing Machine” was included in the short list of the “National Bestseller” literary award in 2014.