From University Campus to Mysterious Island . From ancient mythology to Indian legends, from subtle biblical allusions to sharp, cynical intellectual satire. "M/F" - a novel that has become a world literary sensation. He was either admiring them or admiring them. They argued about it, and they read about it. However, neither the enthusiastic fans of the novel, nor its zealous haters had any doubts: Anthony Burgess again violated the boundaries of what was allowed in the literature. The story of the young Miles Faber - King Oedipus of the 20th century - becomes the history of art as such. And is Miles right, with youthful maximalism promoting the theory of “the art of chaos and destruction”?