BOOK ONE CHAPTER 1 - Never Talk with Strangers CHAPTER 2 - Pontius Pilate CHAPTER 3 - The Seventh Proof CHAPTER 4 - The Chase CHAPTER 5 - There were Doings at Griboedov’s CHAPTER 6 - Schizophrenia, as was Said CHAPTER 7 - A Naughty Apartment CHAPTER 8 - The Combat between the Professor and the Poet CHAPTER 9 - Koroviev’s Stunts CHAPTER 10 - News From Yalta CHAPTER 11 - Ivan Splits in Two CHAPTER 12 - Black Magic and Its Exposure CHAPTER 13 - The Hero Enters CHAPTER 14 - Glory to the Cock! CHAPTER 15 - Nikanor Ivanovich’s Dream CHAPTER 16 - The Execution CHAPTER...

Translated by Kirill Bobrovsky. Published in English for the first time - Let me visit my mother! I'll stay there some time and be back soon, really! - It's rather peaceful for you to stay with mom. No one will disturb you. However, you will become estranged and forget about relationship. No! - I'll heal myself ... Maybe, better feelings will come .. - In Shakhty? - Lena Yakovleva invites me to the parents' farm - to see the real nature! I lost contact with him for almost a whole summer. It was possible to eat raspberries (with a taste of sour milk), apricots, honey, rabbit...