We're reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov next. The translation by Michael Glenny has been called, but isn't necessary. (Meridian is the publisher.)
The book is a retelling of Faust set in 1920's Moscow. From the back of the book:
"Here Faust is seen as a Russian Novelist of genius who is packed off
to a lunatic asylum for having retold the Passion in a way that
is unacceptable to the Soviet authorities. Pontius Pilate appears
as a baffled autocrat who suffers from psychosomatic headaches. And
the Devil is a combination of tempter, sorcerer, and soothsayer - a
figure who brings chaos, insanity, and death to the streets of Moscow."
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past meetings
future books?
Thoughts to...the kitchen staff supervisor