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Chaos by James Gleick The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

• CalChris 5y ago
  You really need to know your Russian history to really appreciate and get Master and Margherita. You probably know enough to read Animal Farm but M+M is Russian, capital R.
  • rg111 5y ago
    Someone in an HN comment already said this and they suggested reading it with a companion book, so I collected one. I haven't started reading it yet.
  • vr46 5y ago
    Oh I don't know the entire premise is brilliant and hilarious from the get-go: Devil arrives in Moscow one morning with all his pals, proceeds to give everyone everything they want like Father Christmas, and it's a shit-show, I love it :) I'm sure there's layers but I think most adults will appreciate the portrayal of human vice and vanity :)