About the book: 1984 / The book by Yuri Laptev includes a novel, novels and short stories. There are many characters in the novel, but the main ones are Mikhail, the spoiled son of a general , and Mitka, yesterday's thief. Thanks to the efforts of the team, both of them become real people. The story “Old People of District Significance” is full of humor - about pensioners of a district town. “The investigation is not finished” is a story about how a communist investigator saves a sixteen-year-old girl who has fallen into a gang of thieves. “That’s it, sir...” is a story about a short but deeply significant conversation between a student and V.I. Lenin. The image of A. M. Gorky appears in “The Parting Words.” The works included in the book are different in genre, but they are united by the author’s serious attention to modern moral problems. Their heroes are pure and spiritually generous people. They actively defend their beliefs in life.