The novel takes place in Russia "zero" years, ending shortly before the first protests on Bolotnaya Square. The main character, whose career as a journalist started in the "bad nineties", will have to check for loyalty to his principles By chance, he finds himself in the chair of an official, then in the epicenter of the scandalous election campaign. The decision to start all over again confirms the well-known truth that the character of a person is his fate. Moving from his hometown to Moscow does not lead to calm . On the contrary, here the stakes are higher and the time for reflection is less. To run as hard as he can just to stay put is not something he's used to.. A generation that has experienced the change of different eras and leaders, defaults and crises, counts only on itself. In his picture of the world there is no room for sentiments, and the end justifies the means. But sooner or later the question will arise whether such principles are always good, and whether hopeless loneliness will not pay for them. In the book there are explicit scenes . There is no foul play..