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Led by the tightrope walker Tibul, the revolutionary forces, made up of citizens and the palace guard, embark on a mission to rescue Prospero the gunsmith from his imprisonment in the tyrants' zoo, and to save the life of a young circus girl Suok, who has been unmasked from her disguise as the favourite doll of the childless Fat Men's heir.

Yuri Olesha's novella combines social satire, effervescent humor, and a wild visionary streak in the story of a Soviet Babbitt, a hero of industry who presides over an unheard-of increase in the production of sausage. But beside this man with the unshakable self-regard is the bitter sponger who, consumed with resentment, sees through him.