Thursday 11 January 2007


Book 60 Master and Margarita by Michail Bulgarkhov

8 out of 10

The Devil comes to Moscow and gets up to all sorts of mischief. An underground classic in Russia until 1966. You need a degree in Russian politics and literature to get all the references (or a copy with footnotes), but multi layers and biblical parallells keep the interest up until the end. Definitely worth a read. This book has been quoted by Russian generals: "Annushka has spilled the oil".

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