Alexandra Guzeva said, It is considered a dark novel, full of psychological reflections and representation of miserable people of the lowest ilk. Knowing the plot and meaning of the book is important for any educated person.
The story can be summed up as a boy indebted to the point of not being able to, in his trances of thought, he decides to murder a lender and steal money from her, in this way to be able to continue his studies, but undecided whether to act or not, a couple of events compel him to act. , among them a letter where his mother tells him that his sister would marry an old man with money to help him
After the brutal crime, the young man ends up being part of the investigation into the murder of his victim under the pretext of trying to recover what was given to the old woman for money, but in the end he ends up being discovered by his colleagues in the investigation, who also Begins to confess his crime, he ends up confessing without any remorse, only depressed for not being able to overcome the emotions of having killed someone.
