Romain Gary is one of the most famous French classics. All his life changing pseudonyms (his real name is Roman Katsev), he entered the literature not only as Gary, but also as Emile Azhar, at sixty years old, having been awarded the Goncourt Prize for the second time under this name. He refused to accept the second “Honcourt” according to the charter, this prize cannot be awarded twice to the same writer. The novel “Your ticket is invalid” was published in 1975, in the midst of the “Azhar” hoax. Against the background of the general crisis of Europe, a dramatic story of late love unfolds Old businessman Jacques Rainier, in the past a dashing daredevil and idol of women, falls in love with an eighteen-year-old girl, and she reciprocates him. However, age takes its toll, and Jacques tries to reconcile the irreconcilable in order to give a chance to love that has no future.