About the book: 2020 / Messenger of Death is a very unusual, but far from the worst work. And the young Englishman Charlie knows this firsthand. Firstly, his employer is respectable, polite and kind. Secondly, who would refuse to travel around the world, giving people small but pleasant gifts from Mr. Death: sometimes before the inevitable departure, and sometimes - as a warning against making fatal mistakes. From the Peruvian mountains to the ice of Greenland. From Mexico, where Death has long been revered as a deity, to sultry Nigeria. However, each profession has its drawbacks. And very soon Charlie will have to get acquainted with the much less pleasant sides of his work…