About the book: 1931 / An anti-clerical satirical story about the adventures of a runaway monk, a rogue, a swindler and a thief. "The book by M. Levshin brings together several collections of anti-religious stories. There are pieces from the old Spanish novel "Lazarillo of Tormes", there are pieces from the book "The Amusement Adventures of the Jester Conscience of Dral Big Nose" and there are pieces from Russian popular print. Catholic priests work here - at that time in Russia it was much safer. Russian priests remained in oral retelling, and tales about them could also be collected, so that they would not complain that they were praised all the time».