For the first time, the most famous autobiographical stories of Vladimir Voinovich are published under one cover: “Ivankiada”, “Case No. 34840” and “Portrait against the Background of a Myth”. They contain everything that the Soviet and post-Soviet era was rich and famous for: the machinations of the all-powerful intelligence services and flirting with the “creative intelligentsia”, impressive creative achievements and petty literary and everyday squabbles, pride in one’s country and bitterness from the awareness of its ills and resentment for its ingratitude. Voinovich remains true to himself in every line: scrupulous to the smallest detail, honest, uncompromising and, of course, witty and caustically ironic.