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I loved this, it's obviously a 'go to hell with the lot of you' stab at Russian Society by Bulgakov and ends with a thinly veiled version of Bulgakov going into 'exile'. I enjoyed the 'devil's antics the most, especially when he kept on being confused with governmental institutions and his victims thought they were going to be arrested any moment by him. I wish I knew more of the bible to compare the Ponitius Pilate interludes, but I suppose it's more of an example of indiscriminate censorship,
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