About the book: 1989 / ...I viewed the detective story as a social phenomenon. Then he tried to find out what the literary and social origins of its origins were. I studied the history of the genre, which was simply a fairy tale placed in a new crystal grid. And finally, I tried to explore those unique - more indicative of a fairy tale than a novel or short story - aesthetic laws to which the detective story is subject. Would you like to join my investigation? This work is fraught with exciting discoveries. Sherlock Holmes would say that the solution awaits “a problem designed for three pipes.” Tibor Keszthelyi