The twelve Chairs; Golden calf

“Twelve chairs” is the first novel by Ilf and Petrov, who, perhaps, has become the most funny and witty work in Russian literature. This is a novel, written almost a century ago, still remains by hearing - quotes from the novel are known even to those who have not read the page of the text. The story of how Ostap Bender and his partner Kisoy Vorobyaninov try to find diamonds hidden in one of the twelve chairs of a furniture set, became truly “folk classics.”

“Golden Calf” - the continuation of the legendary novel “Twelve Chairs” in which, by the will of the authors, their beloved hero is a charming and resourceful scamirist Ostap Bender, this time dreams of taking five hundred thousand at once “on a saucer with a blue bucket” and leave for Rio de Janeiro... Which of “400 relatively honest a great combinator will choose ways to withdraw money to crank this complex operation? Both novels are filmed more than once and remain relevant for many generations of readers.