Dzheyson Taverner odnazhdy utrom prosnulsya v gryaznom nomere otelya i stolknulsya s tem, chto agent, advokat i podruzhka ego ne pomnyat. Nastoyaschiy shok dlya cheloveka, izvestnogo tridtsati millionam telezriteley.
Bankovskie scheta bolshe ne suschestvuyut, a vse dokumenty okazyvayutsya ne deystvitelny, a ne imet pasport v politseyskom gosudarstve karaetsya prinuditelnoy otpravkoy v trudovoy lager. Sluchaynaya znakomaya Keti izgotavlivaet emu poddelnye dokumenty, no Dzheyson bystro vyyasnyaet, chto ona informator. Taverner okazyvaetsya vse glubzhe vovlechennym v krizisnuyu situatsiyu s kazhdym chasom.
"Proleytes, slezy. . ." kniga, v kotoroy srazu raspoznaetsya roman Filipa Kindreda Dika. On sozdaet ubeditelnuyu i pugayuschuyu gallyutsinatornuyu kartinu realnosti, v kotoroy politsiya otslezhivaet vse vashi deystviya, znaet o vashih myslyah i obladaet polnoy vlastyu nad vashey zhiznyu.
