One of Folio’s most requested titles, the novel has also been a source of inspiration for writers and musicians, featur ing in David Bowie’s Top 100 Books and inspiring Mick Jagger’s lyrics for ’ Sympathy for the Devil‘. I ts subversive message, dark humour and lyrical force combin ed to make it a beacon of optimism and freedom through out Russia and the world. Smuggled past the censors in 1967, and published more than 25 years after Mikha il Bulgakov’s death, Th e Master and Margarita was an i nstant success. The Devil has arrived in Moscow and, along with his demons and a large black cat, he carves a trail of chaos and destruction through Soviet society.
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