The action of the novel, consisting of short stories, takes place in the country of Anchuria created by the writer’s imagination - a small banana Latin American republic. Here the president escapes with an opera diva, taking with him the state treasury; the American consul almost loses his life because of memories of unhappy love; a tycoon respected by everyone turns out to be a thief... In a word, life in Anchuria is colorful and varied, the funny coexists with the tragic, and the heroic coexists with the base. This book includes new translations of the works of O. Henry.