The author and his 10-year-old son discuss life and enjoy companionship in their Malibu Beach home. Saroyan wrote this very personal novel when his son Aram, to whom he dedicated the work, was himself only 10 years old. The text includes footnotes and a vocabulary for Russian-language readers.First published 1957 by Little Brown & Company. This edition: 1965 by Prosveschenye, Moscow-Leningrad.