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The plot of Oleg Kryshtal's novel Homunculus evokes classical analogies: offended by the scientific success of his dissertation mistress and her irony towards her husband, the ego of a modern-day Dr Faust suggests an ingenious plan born of his own scientific research. He simulates an incurable disease and persuades a surgeon friend to use the biomaterial from his mistress to dramatically increase his intellectual potential. That is, in fact, to become a genius at the expense of the life of his unborn child. The plan seems to work. The scientist makes the most important scientific discovery he has ever dreamed of. In a new twist, it is as if Goethe's idea is reincarnated - Faust exchanges his soul with the devil for his youth. However, the stakes here are smaller - conscience in exchange for genius. How to put it, though? For our ambitious man, to put his name among the greatest creators of science is above all else in this world - above youth, pleasures, above life itself! Homunculus means "man" in Latin. It is a kind of fruit of physiological experiments. The homunculus appears on the surface of the frontal part of the naked brain if the researcher pokes different parts of the body in a certain sequence and marks the places where the response is received with dots. Then the outline of the same homunculus man with a huge head and tiny legs can be seen. This little man gave the title to the book, in which the author and scientist in one person conducts ruthless psychological experiments on his hero. Or maybe on himself? It is unlikely that the reader has ever wandered through such strange labyrinths of human consciousness as Oleg Kryshtal invites him to walk through. If we add to this that moral problems and love conflicts develop against the backdrop of neurophysiological reflections and experiments, and divine moral questions are triggered by the biochemical mechanisms of the brain, the reader has a unique opportunity to look at life, love, and relationships between the sexes from a somewhat unexpected perspective.