Pavel Rudich (1949–2017) was a Russian neurosurgeon. “Everything written in this audiobook is true. But—true far from everything,” the author of this collection of medical prose insists. He hid behind a pseudonym, assuming that for his colleagues and patients, this truth might be completely different. The author’s LiveJournal (onoff49), where he recorded “cases from practice,” was read every day by thousands of subscribers. These medical stories formed the foundation of the book.