The Ape, the Idiot & Other People

From the very beginning, the author was striving to study the human soul, phenomena and conditions that arise in moments of deep nervous tension and frustration. He was very interested (including, apparently, for personal reasons) the phenomenon of deviant behavior, its forms, origins and hidden causes. This is probably why his stories are so densely populated by “deviant” heroes. From the position of a “normal” person, their actions, thoughts and deeds are difficult to explain, but in their own way they are consistent and logical. The author constantly asks himself questions: what is the “norm”, and is always “abnormal” behavior really such? The author himself called his works of this kind “psychological studies”, sometimes “studies”, but invariably “packed” them into a form of a fascinating narrative - a story with a non-trivial plot, hero, situation.