Not only about Harms. From Ivan Barkov to Alexander Kondratov. Articles. Sazhin V.N.

The central part of the collection is the articles on the work of Daniil Harms: roll calls with the work of A. A. Blok, relationships with the poet N. A. Klaviev, friends according to Oberiu, circumstances that led to arrest and death in a prison hospital.

At the same time, the book includes articles about the writers of the XVIII-XX centuries: the famous poet I. S. Barkov; an attempt to propaganda use of the work of A. S. Pushkin to prevent censorship reforms of the 1860s; about N. S. Gumilev and the circumstances that preceded his death; about the unknown aspects of the work of M. M. Zoshchenko; Proceedings of the prose writer L.I. Dobychin, which led to his mysterious disappearance in 1936; about the strange fate of the publications and interpretations of the content of the Roman, rare in the work of the children's writer B. S. Zhitkov, his “adult” novel “Viktor Vavich”; About the work of B. Sh. Okudzhava, versatile talents of A. M. Kondratov - the last Soviet futurist and others.

The works of V. N. Sazhin are based mainly on numerous archival sources.