About the book: 2020 / A book about the life of a young man in the USSR in the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century, a story about what ordinary people had to do in order to provide a more or less acceptable standard of living for their families. The details of the life of people in Moscow and on the periphery are described, as well as various life collisions into which the hero of the story finds himself. The author does not denigrate or embellish the time and places where the events of the plot unfold. The cover photo is taken from the author's personal archive. Contains obscene language.