Kniga laureata Bukerovskoy premii.
Ot odnogo potseluya voznikaet tsepnaya reaktsiya - shedevr memuarov ot laureata premii Beyli Gifford i Bukerovskoy premii.
Cherez roman Gerberta Uellsa i Rebekki Uest, cherez yadernuyu fiziku 1930-h godov i ottsa Flenagana, rabotayuschego nedaleko ot Hirosimy, eta tsepochka sobytiy dostigaet kulminatsii, kogda molodoy chelovek okazyvaetsya v lovushke u ustya burnoy reki, ne znaya, kak emu zhit dalshe.