About the book: 2013 / The Sokolovs had no problem finding a home for their dog while on vacation. When they left, Oleg, a former graduate student and now a colleague of Mikhail Sokolov, moved into their apartment. Oleg, a thirty-year-old bachelor, a researcher who lives with his mother, father, grandmother, divorced sister and nephew, is happy to move out of the family dorm at least for a while. Duties include only walking the dog twice a day and feeding him..