Polina Dashkova has won recognition from readers both at home and abroad. Her writing is engaging and authentic; the heroes of her books are living human characters with complex relationships; The plot always develops in many layers and maintains tension until the last page. And it doesn’t matter what it offers the reader - a great novel or a story, in the end it’s still a pity that the book has already been read. The collection “The Game of Opinions” includes previously published stories, as well as the story “Saluki”, which was first translated into German language and was published in Germany as a separate book. Published in Russian for the first time.