Sad detective. Astafyev V.P.

The main character of the story of Viktor Petrovich Astafyev (1924-2001) “The sad detective” is a former criminal investigator Leonid Soshnin, recalling the years lived, cannot answer his own question: why is there so much space in life, but always closely love and happiness? He understands that, among other incomprehensible things and phenomena, he will have to comprehend the so -called Russian soul and he needs to start with his loved ones, with the episodes, whose witnesses he was from the fate of the people he faced.

Why are Russian people ready to feel sorry for bone and bloodletter and not to notice, like nearby, in a neighboring apartment, a helpless disabled person of war is dying?.. Why is the criminal in the middle of such a good -hearted people so freely and curly?..

The book also included two more novels and the story of this outstanding Russian writer.