Spravzhniy Mazepa

V osnovi syuzhetu “Spravzhn′oho Mazepy” – svyatkuvannya u provintsiynomu mistechku dvoch yuvileyiv: Mykoly Hoholya ta «ukrayins′ko-shveds′koho soyuzu». Avtor oselyv naschadkiv hoholivs′kych personazhiv u suchasniy psychlikarni. Bozhevil′nyy Edichka pyshe roman «Het′man», a molodyy likar-psychiatr Levko (vin zhe – opovidach) kontrolyuye tsey protses. Petro Kralyuk obihruye ne lyshe syuzhety ta epizody «Tarasa Bul′by», «Viya», a y biohrafiyu Hoholya, Pushkina, SHevchenka, Ivana Mazepy. Heroyamy romanu, yak i v hoholivs′kych tvorach, stayut′ smich, zahal′na hra, hrotesk.