The Master & Margarita: A Critical Companion (Northwestern/Aatseel Critical Companions to Russian Literature)

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Summary: Useful guide to difficult references
Review: I'm not a big reader of literary criticism, but this book really helped me. I loved Master & Margarita the first time I read it, but there are several references that just escaped me. This book, coupled with the new Vintage/Ardis edition which has copious endnotes, helps clarify things that would normally escape a non-Russia unfamiliar with life in 1930's Russia.