Oleg Zayonchkovsky is the author of the novels “Sergeev and the Town” (shortlist of the “Russian Booker” and “National Bestseller” awards), “Petrovich”, “Happiness is Possible” (shortlist of the “Russian Booker” and “Big Book” awards "). Zayonchkovsky's characters - simpletons and rogues at the same time - evoke constant sympathy among both readers and critics. The hero of the novel - Nefedov - an excellent husband and family man, having quarreled with his wife, leaves home, that is, on a binge. Not quite sober, knocked out of his usual rut, he, against his own will, becomes the protagonist of extraordinary and dangerous adventures related to the missing manuscript of the famous Russian writer Pochechuev. Nefedov not only saves cultural value for the Fatherland, but also returns to the bosom of the family.