How Stalin Toyed With Mikhail Bulgakov
The author of The Master and Margarita faced a bewildering mixture of rewards and censorship.
(Photo: Mikhail Bulgakov; public domain; Illustration: The Master and Margarita (cover detail); Harper & Row)
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This article originally appeared in print under the headline "The Master and Margarita".