About the book: 2022 / The atmosphere of the formation of the post-war generation, close to many readers, when the spirit of youth and freedom is intoxicating. When it’s one step from “anything is possible” to “stop, I’ll shoot.” Crime novels are about the post-war period, the spirit of which is still reverently preserved in many families. Characters similar to the iconic images of the film “Farewell, Zamoskvoretskaya punks.” The boys of post-war Moscow had a difficult life. You need to help adults with housework, go to school, work, get groceries. And there are so many temptations around - cinemas, commercial stores, attractions in parks. Someone can afford all this... Kolka Malyga’s family is ordinary: mother, younger sister, father, who returned from German captivity seriously ill. All hope is for Kolka. He himself does not notice how the clever punks dragged him into their criminal business. The first successful burglary intoxicated the guy, then another and another. Until at the next “jump” Kolka witnesses a terrible picture that turns his whole life upside down.…