What strange things life sometimes creates! Journalist Rodion Shahrin, going on vacation to the Greek island of Corfu, could not even imagine what kind of “net” he would get caught in. Sudden—and apparently hopeless—love forces a lifelong bachelor to abandon his principles. But is the game worth the candle?
Ekaterina Vilmont’s novels are humor, cheerfulness, and witty titles: “The Journey of an Optimist, or All Women Are Stupid,” “A Stripe of Luck, or All Men Are Bastards,” “Three Half-Grazers, or Some Love at the End of the Millennium,” “I Want a Girl on Roller Skates!,” “Spit on Everything from a Giant Sequoia,” “Found Myself a Blonde!,” “Let’s Test the Referee of an Attorney’s Worthiness,” “Overexcitement of a Primitive Person.” It’s ironic, light, lively prose that you can read in one sitting and that fills readers with optimism and belief in themselves. It has everything: ups and downs, laughter and tears, unexpected encounters and tangled relationships—and above all, love!