The investigative book of critic Sergei Polotovsky and journalist Roman Kozak is the first attempt to describe the life path of Viktor Pelevin, one of the most influential and mysterious writers of modern Russia. Who are the prototypes of the most famous heroes of Pelevin's works? What is hidden in Pelevin's books between the lines? And what is the true meaning of his novels? Ultimately, all these questions lead the authors to one main thing: what is the role of the writer in the modern world, when the time has come for iPads androids, Internet television and Facebook?