В погоне за Довлатовым. – 2е изд., испр. и доп.

«Lyubaya podpys khochet, chtoby ee schytaly avtografom» — zametyl odnazhdy Sergey Dovlatov. Po avtografam pysatelya mozhno proslezhyvat ystoryyu ego otnoshenyy so mnogymy vydnymy predstavytelyamy russkogo zarubezhya.«Ot edynstvennogo geteroseksualnogo muzhchyny NyuYorka» «Frankenshteynu y Don Kykhotu odnovremenno» «Prostyte menya, ya byl gnusen» «V oppozytsyy devushka provozhala boytsa»Komu, kogda y pochemu ostavyl Sergey Dovlatov ety y drugye posvyashchenyya, rasskazyvaetsya v knyge Maksyma Kravchynskogo.Sredy ee geroev — pysately, poety y muzykanty «tretey volny»: Eduard Lymonov, Yuz Aleshkovskyy, Konstantyn Kuzmynskyy, Lev Khalyf y mnogye drugye. Rasskaz soprovozhdaetsya arkhyvnymy foto, bolshynstvo yz kotorykh publykuetsya vpervye.Novoe yzdanye dopolneno yntervyu s pervoy, yunosheskoy lyubovyu S. Dovlatova; rasskazom samogo pysatelya o tom, kak on reshylsya sest na dyetu y chto yz etogo vyshlo; neyzvestnymy avtografamy y faktamy byografyy.

"Any signature wants to be considered an autograph," Sergei Dovlatov once remarked. According to the autographs of the writer, one can trace the history of his relations with many prominent representatives of the Russian diaspora."From the only heterosexual man in New York" to "Frankenstein and Don Quixote at the same time" "Forgive me, I was vile" "In opposition, a girl saw off a fighter"To whom, when and why Sergei Dovlatov left these and other dedications, is described in Maxim Kravchinsky's book.Among her heroes are writers, poets and musicians of the "third wave": Eduard Limonov, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Konstantin Kuzminsky, Lev Khalif and many others. The story is accompanied by archival photos, most of which are published for the first time.The new edition is supplemented with an interview with S. Dovlatov's first, youthful love; the writer's own story about how he decided to go on a diet and what came of it; unknown autographs and biographical facts.