«Grandpa Fell in Love» is a fresh novel by the well-known writer Yuri Polyakov. At its core is a tense intrigue—an unusually complicated family story of an already mature, but still hot-tempered host of the “ART channel,” Vsevolod Rigin, whom suddenly, late in life, is swept off his feet by an all-consuming love. What is it: the collapse of a familiar life or a chance for a new turn in fate?
In addition, the reader can look forward to detective-style searches for three mysterious relics—the golden thimble of Pushkin, a button from the greatcoat of Stalin’s field marshal/generalissimo, and a suprematist urn by Malevich. The story is presented in an engaging and dynamic way, with humor and the recognizable Polyakov irony that at times turns into biting satire…