«Lezviye britvy» — znakovoye proizvedeniye pisatelya, otlichayushcheyesya neveroyatnoy mnogoplanovost'yu. Eto i zakhvatyvayushchiy priklyuchencheskiy roman s neskol'kimi syuzhetnymi liniyami, ob"yedinennymi taynoy legendarnoy chernoy korony Aleksandra Makedonskogo, i nauchnaya fantastika, napolnennaya fakticheskim materialom, teoreticheskimi polozheniyami i gipotezami, i, glavnym obrazom, tonkiy, kak lezviye britvy, filosofskiy traktat o dukhovnom mogushchestve cheloveka, torzhestve razuma, poiskakh krasoty i lyubvi.