be. So, then, to convince yourself that Dostoyevsky was a writer, do you have to ask for his identification card? Just take any five pages from any one of his novels and you’ll be convinced, without any identification card, that you’re dealing with a writer. And I don’t think he even had any identification card! What do you think?’ Koroviev turned to Behemoth. ‘I’ll bet he didn’t,’ replied Behemoth, setting the primus down on the table beside the ledger and wiping the sweat from his sooty forehead with his hand. ‘You’re not Dostoyevsky,’ said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by
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