This book will not leave anyone indifferent. Some will tear it to shreds or burn it and scatter the ashes, but others will read it, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, and give it to their relatives, friends, and acquaintances, who will most likely read it - this has already happened with many of Vladimir Bushin’s books. Moreover, this time the writer’s work is especially wide in its coverage of events and people of our time. Take a closer look at the cover. On it, in the same pose with the same jubilant expression on their faces, are old Nikita Khrushchev and young Dmitry Medvedev, two fathers of our people - the long-time initiator of the reshaping and its current continuer. We see the first during his visit to the USA: he raised in his right hand, like a torch, an ear of corn given to him, promising with the help of this “queen of the fields” to lead us to communism; The second one, also during a visit to the USA, raised in his right hand a certain new communication device given to him and saw there not the ghost of communism, but his assistant: “Hello, Arkady!” And you will read about much of what happened during the time between these visits in this book.