A person without protection... Is business success possible for him? Is his destiny to work at the bottom rung of the corporate ladder? Or, free from obligations, will he soar to the very top without looking back? These questions are posed by Dmitry Aleinikov in his new novel “The Office,” dedicated to the fate of modern Moscow businessmen: managers, dealers, founders of companies. But Moscow “managers” are not managers at all, and “dealers” are still not dealers, says Dmitry Aleinikov. Whether such a reproach is fair is up to the reader to decide. Moreover, in the heroes of the novel he immediately recognizes his acquaintances, and perhaps himself.