About the book: 2014 / Pavel Parfin’s book “There is no more New York” - the extraordinary adventures of a Sumy resident in America. The end of the 90s. The hero of the book, 43-year-old mechanic Petka Timchenko, sells his great-grandmother’s old house, buys a Russian sailor’s passport and a US visa with the proceeds, and flies to New York. Before leaving, Timchenko decides to go fishing as a farewell, climbs into the yard of the estate he has already sold, and digs for worms. Suddenly, frightened by a sudden noise, he drops a bag of soil and worms - the house is no longer his... As a talisman, Timchenko takes with him to America this same bag of native soil, rich in humus and dung worms. Arriving in New York, Petka gets used to it and starts working. Meets a wonderful black girl. The young black Madonna introduces him to the amazing gigantic city, to the features and attractions of its famous quarters...Gradually strange things begin to happen around: New York is changing before our eyes, people appear in it, who in the city where Timchenko came from are called “Kuguts”, "rednecks", "bulls". On the streets of New York and on subways, they sell moonshine and potatoes, spit on the pavements with seed husks, organize terrible showdowns, scare New Yorkers... Local media are sounding the alarm: New York is no more! From now on he is at the mercy of some fantastic worm that devours the city along with his achievements and legacy…