Author Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov

"Golden calf" is a cult work of Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov with the characteristic wisdom and humor characteristic of the authors, which in many ways reflects the essence of life in our country. The book is disassembled into a set of quotations, which are tightly entered into the colloquial language. The novel "Golden Calf" was published in 1931. Its main character - the great combiner Ostap Bender. By genre it is a social satire, and a novel with a Pluto character, and a feuilleton. The action begins in the city of Arbatov, where in the office of the chairman of the executive committee appears the main character, claiming that he - the son of Lieutenant Schmidt. This is followed by a series of comic events and adventures.

I. Ilf and E. Petrov completed the novel "Twelve Chairs" in 1928, but even before the first publication the censors reduced, "cleaned" it. The edit continued from publication to publication for another ten years. As a result, the book decreased by almost a third. The version published now is the first complete one, which has been reconstructed from archival materials. The book is equipped with an extensive historical and literary and real commentary.