Nikita Kukushkin

He considers himself a genius but the publishers refuse to print his works. He loves women but they don't always understand him. Constantly without money and out of touch with reality. The elegant fop Daniil Yuvachov names himself Kharms - a name just as effective as his appearance. An habitué of unending literary get-togethers and a lover of scandal, he engages in an amazing battle between the whole world in which he lives as though he was locked in a cage. (scanorama.lt)

Fast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.