Avtor knigi poltora desyatka let vkhodit v elitnuyu kastu zhurnalistov "Kremlevskogo pula". Rabotaya v svite vysshikh chinov SSSR i Rossii, on byl svidetelem massy epizodov, kotorye do sikh por ne stali dostoyaniem pressy. Eta kniga - o nravakh i ritualakh, tsaryaschikh za stenami Kremlya, o vkusakh, privychkakh, povadkakh, osobennostyakh kharaktera kremlevskikh "nebozhitelej" i ikh zarubezhnykh gostej.