This work discusses the interpretation of the novel Večernji akt by Pavao Pavličić in terms of the Zagreb School of Literary Study. Hermeneutic analysis begins with the overall impression after reading the novel. Parts of the novel's structure are observed separately but always in relation to the novel as a whole. Language and narrative techniques are important because of the way they express the novel's main ideas. The Zagreb School of Literary Study represents the beginning of immanentism in analysis of literary texts. Its representatives are influenced by German theory of interpretation and Russian formalists. The literary text alone is crucial, excluding the influences of other sciences, writer’s biography or different ideologies. Večernji akt has been a huge success among the audience. It combines elements of crime, fantasy and social-problem novels. The main character does illegal activities and the plot is organized in the way that we expect a logical resolution. However, by cumulating fantastic elements in the novel, we become a part of this new fantastic world with the irrational end. The act of falsification has become an indicator of social problems such as hypocrisy and injustice. A simple and concise writing style is in the function of attracting wider audience but also expressing the novel’s main ideas.