About the book: 1968 / “Dad has two books about Lapshin. One is a charming, highly artistic book “Lapshin”. Simonov believed that only an old person could write such a thing, but my dad, twenty-three years old, came and wrote it. It was a piece about loneliness, written in a country where loneliness was denied. This is Dad’s strength, for which I appreciate him so much. The second is “One Year,” poorly written, all built on love for Khrushchev and the desire to please him.” Alexey German