This book, a selected collection of the author's creative heritage, contains the entire palette of the talent of the recognized master of modern prose. It includes works that have not only withstood the hardening of time, but also acquired, in the latest author’s edition, a new flavor (“Elvira’s Notes”); the newest stories (`Don't be born beautiful...`, `If there were two of them...`, `The fruits of education`); play-story (`Tenth-graders`); stories; just released "Pages of Memories" and a special surprise for younger readers - the continuation of the adventures of the famous and restless Seva Kotlov... ("I'm 'killing love...'). Uniqueness, virtuosity of execution, a rich spectrum of inexhaustible creative wit - this is the writer’s gift to everyone who opens his book.