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Za svoĭ debi͡utnyĭ roman ("Byvshiĭ syn", 2014) Sasha Filipenko god nazad poluchil "Russkui͡u premii͡u". S pervoĭ popytki - diplom pervoĭ stepeni v nominat͡sii "Krupnai͡a proza". Nu i kak posle ėtogo saditʹsi͡a za sledui͡ushchui͡u knigu? Tem bolee, chto geroi͡a "Byvshego syna", chto vsekh podkupalo, avtor i͡avno "stroil iz sebi͡a", svoeĭ biografii, svoikh i͡unosheskikh vpechatleniĭ i chuvstv. Khvatit li emu sobstvennoĭ zhizni na sledui͡ushchego geroi͡a, ne sluchitsi͡a li samopovtora? Povtora ne sluchilosʹ. Zato opi͡atʹ rodilsi͡a i͡arkiĭ, paradoksalʹnyĭ, neobychnyĭ i ostro sovremennyĭ personazh - professionalʹnyĭ televizionnyĭ i͡umorist, pridumyvai͡ushchiĭ shutki dli͡a televedushchikh. Delo ėto neprostoe. Osobenno esli segodni͡a dnem tebi͡a uvolili, s zhenoĭ ty tolʹko chto razvelsi͡a, a utrom ot tebi͡a sbezhal kot...

Sasha Filipenko won the Russian Prize a year ago for his debut novel (Ex-Son, 2014). On the first attempt, he received a first—degree diploma in the Large-scale Prose nomination. So how do you sit down for the next book after that? Moreover, the hero of the "Former son", which captivated everyone, the author clearly "built on himself", his biography, his youthful impressions and feelings. Will he have enough of his own life for the next hero, will there be a self-repetition? There was no repeat. Instead, a bright, paradoxical, unusual and acutely modern character was born again — a professional television comedian who comes up with jokes for TV presenters. It's not an easy task. Especially if you got fired this afternoon, you just got divorced from your wife, and your cat ran away from you this morning...