St. Petersburg prose writer Dmitry Gorchev is famous for merging the incompatible: “high literature” with “low calm,” philosophy with everyday life. And in his new book, readers will find their favorite paradoxes, so vital - and at the same time so unusual... For example, the title of the book. What is “Police Tango” anyway? Is it statutory or for the soul? Do they dance it with the bosses or somewhere? Or maybe this is the long-sought name for that same poignant feeling that arises in silence after someone says in a half-whisper: “A policeman was born”... And the truth is, it’s as if the tango has begun. Do you hear? Illustrations by Dmitry Gorchev. Stories are published with the original spelling preserved.