That's how it works with the neighbors. A life without neighbors might be possible, but it's pointless. Who else would play tennis in the apartment next door, practice the trumpet in the morning, and grill on the balcony in the summer? And when you live under one roof with a Russian flatshare like Wladimir Kaminer, every day becomes an adventure. Whether Sergej lovingly signs an old edition of Capital - "Have fun reading, my little mouse, your Marx" - only to auction it off on eBay as a rarity, or whether Andrej captures a few Jehovah's Witnesses because he loves having visitors: the two ensure that it’s never boring - and that you soon wish for your own Russian flatshare in the building. Then it works out with the neighbors...