Общество гурманов

Lėngdonu Sent-Ivu, ėkst͡sentrichnomu uchenomu-naturalistu, dzhentlʹmenu i otmennomu semʹi͡aninu, nevedomy spokoĭstvie i skuka. Prikli͡uchenii͡a obrushivai͡utsi͡a na nego i ego blizkikh ezhednevno, esli ne ezheminutno. Nevinnai͡a poezdka v Londonskui͡u operu oborachivaetsi͡a smertelʹno opasnym splavom na bochkakh po Temze, a progulka po pustosham k neoliticheskim postroĭkam - kupaniem v vodopade, padai͡ushchem s bezoblachnogo neba, i puteshestviem na vozdushnom share cherez dyru v prostranstve-vremeni. Neudivitelʹno, chto li͡ubye sobytii͡a s uchastiem Sent-Iva prevrashchai͡utsi͡a v fantasmagorii͡u, dazhe esli on pytaetsi͡a vsego lishʹ poni͡atʹ prichiny zagri͡aznenii͡a rechki ili pomogaet zhene Ėlis razobratʹsi͡a s dokumentami. Odno nesomnenno: li͡uboĭ vrag rano ili pozdno budet razbit, i spravedlivostʹ vostorzhestvuet.Khoti͡a bez zhertv ne oboĭdetsi͡a…

Langdon St. Ives, an eccentric naturalist, gentleman and excellent family man, is unknown to calmness and boredom. Adventures fall upon him and his loved ones every day, if not every minute. An innocent trip to the London Opera turns into a deadly rafting on barrels on the Thames, and a walk through the wastelands to Neolithic buildings - swimming in a waterfall falling from a cloudless sky and traveling in a balloon through a hole in space-time. It is not surprising that any events involving Saint-Yves turn into a phantasmagoria, even if he is only trying to understand the causes of pollution of the river or helps his wife Alice to sort out the documents. One thing is certain: any enemy will be defeated sooner or later, and justice will prevail.Although it will not do without victims…