Joseph Hansen (1923–2004) is a major American writer, author of more than 40 books, who taught fiction at the University of Los Angeles for many years. In the US and UK, he became famous for a series of popular detective novels, the main character of which is private detective Dave Brandsetter. The novel "The Year of Job", according to most critics, is Hansen's best work. "The Year of Job" - 12 months at the turn of the 1980s. The life of gay Hollywood actor Oliver Jewitt. He is in his 50s and has a charming young lover, Bill, who seems more fond of Oliver's on-screen persona than of himself. In the mind of Oliver, who has encountered this film barrier in his relationship with Bill, pictures of the past arise... And soon, when he comes to his sister who is dying of cancer, a part of this past appears - a real person of his own blood. He can be useful and interesting. And maybe even leave your career and buy a bakery nearby. When creating the cover, I was inspired by the images proposed by Y. Kazhdan