About the book: 2012 / For the first time in Russian - the newest novel by perhaps the brightest and most original prose writer of modern Britain. The novel, which won the Booker Prize in 2011, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. A new student comes to the class of the elite school where Tony Webster and his friends Colin and Alex study - Adrian Finn. The inseparable trinity quickly becomes a foursome, but Adrian keeps to himself: “We were always joking around and very rarely spoke seriously. And our new classmate always spoke seriously and very rarely joked.” After school, the four swear eternal friendship - and go in different directions for a long time; This is due to romantic experiences and adult concerns, an unexpected tragedy and the desire to quickly get it out of his head... And now Tony, aged forty years, receives an unexpected letter from a lawyer and, starting to unwind the intricate tangle of causes and effects, realizes that the past, which seemed so simple and clear , hides many shocking surprises…