His fate was full of mystery and turncoats. Dovlatov
played with his life, as well as with his heroes — wide
open and recklessly. In his pseudo documentary prose
he will confuse tracks, change his surname, date of birth,
names of wives and relatives. In his books, he himself
becomes a fiction, an ordinary piece of his daring play.
In life he was distracting from the overall rankings not
only by his 2 metres height, but by complete freedom
from all the ideological schemes and behavioral norms.
But rolling down, Dovlatov was actually steadily rising.
It was a game where prince was playing a pauper.
Progressive tactics of outsider who believes in his
finishing spurt. Having passed away at the age of 48
years, he didn't live to see his fantastic glory in the
homeland just a little bit.