About the book: 1975 / The third volume of the collected works of Alexander Beck includes the novel "Talent" (The Life of Berezhkov). In it, the author reliably and fascinatingly narrates the fate of the designer of the first Soviet aircraft engine, vividly conveys the atmosphere of creative creation, the romance of work and struggle. The prototype of the main character of the novel was the largest designer of aircraft engines, Alexander Alexandrovich Mikulin.