About the book: year / Romain Gary (1914–1980) - famous French writer, Russian by birth, member of the Resistance, personal friend of Charles de Gaulle, major diplomat. Having written almost three dozen novels, Gary became famous as the creator of the most sensational and tragic literary hoax of the 20th century, reincarnating as Emile Azhar and thus becoming the only two-time winner of the Goncourt Prize. “Look, look around, Shulamith!” Look around! - King Solomon said to his beloved. But the king of French ready-to-wear - Solomon - could not speak to his beloved, and would not have spoken if he had not encountered an incident with a young man…