Taxi driver Mikhail Gromov is a widower and single father. After the death of his wife and newborn child, he loses all joy in life, and only the need to look after his older disabled child saves him from suicide. Mikhail sees no meaning in his existence, but is already beginning to gradually come to terms with the gray everyday life and routine around him. However, after another client commits suicide in his car, the main character realizes that the worst tests for him are yet to come. The already shaken psyche finally fails, and Mikhail slowly but surely begins to descend into the abyss of oppressive madness. Editor's comment: A truly gloomy modern novel, imbued with a viscous depressive mood, which shows a fundamentally different, but nevertheless quite closely existing side life.