"Azazel" - a novel about the first investigation of the detective Erast Fandorin

In the work of Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) "Azazel" the reader gets acquainted with the still very young detective Erast Fandorin. According to the author's idea, the protagonist will wait for a lot of mysterious investigations and dangerous adventures in subsequent novels. Fandorin there acts as already held and well-known master of search, but for now he is quite young and for the first time encounters a dangerous world of investigation of crimes.

Loving reader and spectator character

About the first confusing business of Erast Fandorin is narrated in the historical detective "Azazel". The book, a summary of which will be given below, immediately fell in love with millions of readers. They were eagerly awaiting the continuation of the amazing story of Detective Fandorin. The incredibly complex crimes described in the novels dedicated to the detective Erast Fandorin, and the special methods of their investigation, forced the reader to immerse themselves in the world created by the author. In 2002, "Azazel" - a novel about the first investigation of a young detective - was filmed, and the character Erast Fandorin got even more fans. Therefore, by the time the "Turkish Gambit" and the "State Councilor" appeared on the big screen in 2005, the audience already knew that they were waiting for a meeting with their favorite hero and his incredible adventures.

Acquaintance with Erast Fandorin

"Azazel" - a novel, whose events carry the reader to Moscow in 1876, where the first meeting with the protagonist of the series, dedicated to the adventures of detective Erast Fandorin, takes place. Left orphaned, young Fandorin is forced, despite his excellent education and noble lineage, to earn his own living. A young man is working as a clerk in the Moscow detective department. Contrary to the expectations of incredible adventures and intricate cases connected with police service, the young man has to deal with domestic crimes, and then still for days on end to print out reports with the calligraphic handwriting for Mr. Chief Policeman.

Waiting for the present case

His mentor, investigative officer Xaveri Feofilaktovich Grushin, in a fatherly way takes care of the young man, chuckling in his heart over his desire to become a famous detective. Yes, and where in Moscow to do business, the investigation of which dreams to engage Fandorin? Whether the case is St. Petersburg, there are crimes on a large scale, and detective are more representative, and investigations are conducted using advanced technologies. Perhaps Erast Petrovich's dream of becoming an outstanding detective would not have come true, but Azazel is a novel not only about the very first, but, perhaps, the most decisive case in the life of detective Erast Fandorin. Fate threw the hero into investigating a simple, at first glance, suicide of a drunken and erratic young man. The study of the circumstances of the case dragged along a series of terrible secrets and dangerous adventures.

Becoming a hero

In the course of the investigation of the case, the threads of which lead to a world conspiracy, Erast Fandorin meets with the venerable metropolitan detective Briling. This extravagant, interesting and educated man, appointed by the St. Petersburg authorities to lead the investigation of an intricate crime, influenced the formation of Fandorin as a detective. Erastus admires with admiration the manners and methods of the chief and tries to follow him in everything.

In order to understand how the hero changes and learns from his mistakes, turning from an inexperienced police officer into a famous detective, of course, it is worth reading "Azazel". The novel, the brief content of which you are now reading, is incredibly interesting.

In subsequent works the reader meets Fandorin in a completely different image. After all, the Russian detective, whose popularity critics will compare with the famous Sherlock Holmes, will not become so immediately. At first, he will experience the events that occurred when the conspiracy was uncovered, code-named "Azazel." The novel describes them not only as dangerous and fascinating adventures of the young hero, but also as a succession of tragic circumstances that forever changed his life. The price of success will become too high for Fandorin, and at the end of the novel the reader will first see him in an image that will become the business card of this detective in the future.

"Azazel" (book): reviews

Readers note the unusual for the modern writer's style of Boris Akunin. His works give the impression that you read the classics of the nineteenth century. The details of what is happening, used to describe, the speed of speech - all speak in favor of a beautiful delusion. There is an exciting plot "Azazel", the novel reviews are enthusiastic, although many are upset by the tragic turn of events at the end of the work. But is it possible that without such a result, the character Erast Petrovich Fandorin could have received that mysterious and magnetic attraction for which the reader loves him so much?

The screen version of "Azazel" (director Alexander Adabashyan)

As mentioned above, in 2002 the novel was filmed. Contrary to skeptical critics, the filmmakers and performers of the main roles managed to convey the atmosphere of time, the character of the characters and the mystery of the events described in the work. The role of novice detective Fandorin was performed by a young actor Ilya Noskov. And though the caustic press noted that he lost himself in the background of Sergei Bezrukov, who brilliantly performed the charismatic Brilling, those who read the novel will notice that the protagonist himself at first did not possess some of the character traits that later became his characteristic. After all, Brilling had a significant influence on Fandorin, therefore, it can be said that Ilya Noskov fully corresponded to the image of the young Erast Petrovich.

The film also featured such outstanding domestic actors as Marina Neelova, Oleg Basilashvili, Marina Alexandrova.