Большой беговой день

Those who were young in the 60s remember this name well. From the `Chronicles of the times of Viktor Podgursky`, in fact, youth literature of the `thaw` period began. Then there were `Smoke in the eyes`, `Eternal business trip`, `History of one company`. They were read avidly, passed on to each other, argued about them ... And suddenly there was a deafening silence. Anatoly Gladilin left the country. Then it seemed - forever. Of course, he did not stop writing. His new books were published, but they were completely inaccessible to the Soviet reader. Yes, and old, beloved ones, were removed from libraries and destroyed ... Today Gladilin is returning to his readers. His novels `FSSR` and `The Big Running Day`, included in the collection, are a kind of satirical dystopia, `tipped over` into our Soviet past, when two questions were on the agenda: how to make a world revolution and ... what, in fact, would be the money for it commit. The first issue was sorted out: the plan for the creation of the Republic (FSSR) was developed. And for his material support, the KGB sent professional players in the running sweepstakes to France, so that they could earn money at local hippodromes ...