“Ryukhin showed himself no mercy-'I don't believe in anything I've ever written!”

—  Mikhail Bulgakov , book The Master and Margarita

Book One in 'Schizophrenia, as Predicted', B/O
The Master and Margarita (1967)

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Russian author primarily known for his novel "Master and Ma… 1891–1940

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