Stanislav Rassadin's book contains a long life full of dramatic events. In this life - and a painful case on charges of murder. For seven years A. B. Sukhovo-Kobylin was under investigation and trial, twice was imprisoned - secular rumor attributed this crime to him. The case broke the life of the playwright, directly affected his work, poured into him. The biography of the writer, as it were, in itself became a work of art, and Art. Rassadin felt it well. Before us is not a everyday biography, but a life transformed into creativity. For a wide range of readers.