About the book: 2002 / "...My worst fears were immediately confirmed - the pulse in Roman Borisovich’s neck could not be felt. Lifting his still warm eyelid, I was finally convinced that he was dead...” This book was written by a former gangster. His stories depict today's criminal life through the eyes of a professional criminal, the leader of one of the Yekaterinburg gangs nicknamed Monk, on whose behalf the story is told.