About the book: 1990 / The poem "Moscow - Cockerels" is the most popular work of secret Russian literature of recent decades, translated into almost twenty languages ​​of the world. Venedikt Erofeev is a former philology student at a little less than five universities in the country, who was expelled from them for extraordinary behavior and excess erudition. For about 30 years, he successfully blurred the lines between mental and most physical labor. Currently, the world-famous author of the poem is quickly becoming a world-famous playwright (the play “Walpurgis Night, or the Commander’s Steps” was staged in many theaters here and abroad) , the first part of a dramatic trilogy). There are other works that were not accidentally lost and are now being published, and the author continues to write new ones. Layout designer's note: annotation for the 1990 edition. On May 11 of the same year, V. Erofeev died.