Natalya Dvoretskaya

“Biliyorsunuz, içinde yaşadığımız zamanda her şey mümkün. Peki ya her şey bir anda çökerse ne olacak?” diye sorar eski şair, taze reklamcı Tatarski müşterisine. İşte, 20. yüzyıla damgasını vuran iki büyük tarihsel momente, Sovyetlerin inşasına ve çöküşüne birinci elden şahitlik etmiş Rus halkının ruh halini belirleyen şey, Pelevin’e göre bu belirsizliğin kendisidir. Mafyanın güç kazandığı, uyuşturucunun yaygınlaştığı, yolsuzluğun rutinleştiği yeni Rusya’da, serbest pazarın biçimlendirdiği yepyeni bir kuşak yeşermektedir. Kapitalizm yeni fethedilmiş topraklardaki yeni ilahiyatını, markalar ve vurucu reklam sloganlarıyla kurar! BabylenTatarski de böylesi bir atmosferde adım attığı reklam sektöründe zekası ve yaratıcılığı sayesinde hızla yükselir. Fakat bu sistemin “kazananlarından” biri olma mücadelesinde kimi zaman gerçeküstü durumlarla karşı karşıya kalacağından ve nihayetinde tamamen çığırından çıkmış bir dünyanın merkezine doğru çekileceğinden bihaberdir.

Overweight Dasha works as a proof-reader for a glossy magazine. Commonsense and previous experience have taught her not to harbour any illusions concerning a happy private life. So instead, she finds solace in detective novels, television and cakes, which she consumes in large quantities. However, when two men appear almost simultaneously, her life is turned upside down. The first is Stas, her tall and handsome new neighbour. Dasha is smitten but is aware that he will never return her love. The other 'man' is Vanka, her eight-year old nephew, whom she has agreed to look after while his mother is away in a resort town looking for a looking to land herself a good catch. Living with Vanka is a lesson in survival. Unable to spend even an hour without performing a prank or joke, Vanka turns his aunt's home into a death trap, and Dasha is either chasing after him or dealing with the consequences.

Intelligence genius Oleg Stepanovich, a retired colonel, yearns without work, whiling away his days in the park and watching TV... Meanwhile, his grandson Andrei, a novice diplomat, finds himself in a difficult romantic situation. The grandfather flies to his grandson in Yerevan, where he meets his old friend, the cardiologist Irakli, who immediately gets involved in the "heart" business. The operation to solve the love problems of the grandson is called "Grandpa 005", and the methods of the Russian security officer and the Georgian doctor sometimes shock others. But only true love can prevail over the skill of counterintelligence virtuosos.

Major Stepan Krucha heads the criminal investigation department of the Bitovsky Department of Internal Affairs. He is the master of his "land". The bandits call him Wolfman, fearing for good reason: you can "get away" from justice, but not from an ardent defender of the law. Shoulder to shoulder with Krucha, his "cubs" - Fedot Komov and Roma Lozovoy - are standing guard over law and order. And let the bandits think that they are cooler than Cool, our heroes are not the ones who can be kept on a leash. They will take any enemy by the throat themselves...