Jeffrey Archer (b. 1940) is the most popular British writer, friend of Margaret Thatcher, retired parliamentarian, multimillionaire...You can deceive an insurance company, a husband and lover, a judge and jury; you can buy a trinket at a high price and a true masterpiece at a cheap price; You can be considered an amateur, but be a master... "36 Stories" is a collection of stories about big deals and small scams, eternal love and long enmity, about good deeds and crimes, in a word - about life, as exciting as a chess game.