About the book: year / The figurative inconsistency in the perception of this person begins with his name. In the personnel department, accounting department, and travel forms, the supplier Zakhary Pavlovich Gerli is designated as a formalized appointment. He himself is a fortune, a painted billiard ball that flew into the pocket from the first blow of the game. When he introduces himself to someone, he always winces, his face looks like an eggplant, his beard rests on his drooping lip: everyone knows him as Zhorik Gerli, ... or simply Gurla. There's something confusing about him.