Alexander Pokrovsky is a magnificent storyteller and an impeccable stylist. Many of his books went through dozens of reprints and sold in huge quantities. His prose is always recognizable. He truly knows what he writes about. He is so convincing that it is impossible not to believe him. All of his characters can be easily imagined - how they move, how they speak, what they think about. In his new narrative “Robinson”, A. Pokrovsky remains faithful to the maritime theme. He uses expressive, memorable language, drawing literally and figuratively (his drawings are used in the book) his characters so that each of them clearly appears in the overall intriguing action that unfolds in a submarine that suffers an accident.