About the book: year / Five parts of the novel are five tragic destinies; five stories about friendship and betrayal, faith and treachery, love and indifference, about how Big Money is made in modern Russia and what people can do when Big Money becomes a Big Ration; these are five almost documentary biographies, behind which stands the history of modern Russian business. The work is bright, with its own style, the art of building intrigue and characters. Through the author's fiction, documentary scenes and conflicts, genuine figures that still exist in business today, are clearly visible.