About the book: 2012 / Thirty-year-old loser Arseny Romanov, unsuccessfully trying to write a book about at least something, accepts the offer of a mysterious pensioner to write down in his words a story about a trip to the Himalayas on a submarine and other unknown facts of the last world war. Very soon the life of the main character begins to intersect with the plot of his manuscript. An unusual job, a prison cell, a mental hospital, a search for treasure like a chess game, a broken heart, newfound hope, big money - how would you continue this list? In 2012, the novel about love, travel and war “Sovpalych” was included in the longlist of “Russian awards».