The genre of the novel “Tall Blondes,” like most of Eshnoz’s works, can be defined as a “soft” or ironic detective story, where the writer wittily and unobtrusively parodies literary templates. The detective story here is accompanied by mysticism, hatred, and love. “Tall Blondes” is apparently Eshnoz’s favorite novel, because when asked which of his books he would like to see translated into Russian, he indicated this one.