speakers of this book, that is, from the people whom i interviewed, for this selection was alexander borisovich gradsky, then he read the book , having familiarized himself with this passage of shavirin about the denunciations that pakhmuta wrote, he called me in a rage, well, as he loved. there with swearing, that is, he masterfully owned foul language, first with an attack on me, i say sasha, well, you understand that this is direct speech, that so to speak, i kind of talk to a person, if a person needs to be told something, then i am generally categorically against cuts and censorship, i can either refuse a person at all, in principle, no, you won't be there in this book, let's say, but if i agree, then i can only correct some turns of phrase. unsuccessful ones there, having agreed, naturally, with the person who said it, because he has to put a visa, that yes, here in this final form his text goes, but throwing out something there, even something that puzzles me, seems untrue or strange to me, i can't, responsibility is still on him, he was an authority in this industry, i won't call him a critic,