The main character of Alexander Terekhov's novel “The Germans” (National Bestseller Award) Eberhard, the head of the press center in one of the prefectures of the city, an intelligent and ironic skeptic, has fully assimilated the laws of the bureaucratic elite. The junior rank of the all-powerful System, he understands what it means to live “according to concepts.” However, the position of the conformist turns into a sudden collapse of the career. His personal life is also not easy: everything is subordinated to the struggle for his daughter from his first marriage. The sharp satire of morals is pushed to the limit, the “family thought” is expressed with amazing, discouraging frankness..."Russian Russian literature At the dawn of the 19th century, officials were its constant characters; it was the depiction of officials that brought Russian literature a significant part of its fame. But in modern prose, this topic is raised only by Alexander Terekhov in the novel “The Germans” — and he does it just perfectly"Konstantin Milchin""The Germans" by Terekhov — an equally important book about the Moscow of the two thousandth, which became "Generation"P" Pelevin in relation to the nineties"Dmitry Zakharov"I read "The Germans" as a novel about corruption and the backstage life of the capital's mayor's office — but after a while, the story of the hero's separation from his daughter after a divorce and a description of helpless and guilty paternal love remained in memory..."Jana Wagner