Originally Posted By Heinz
Originally Posted By twotribes
Just today finished 'The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - written in 1930s but unpublished until 1967. Pre-dates the 'American' post-modern metaphysical style of Pynchon, Foster-Wallace, DeLillo etc by decades. A fantastic read. Rather stuck on what to follow up with - I usually follow some type of thematic link between books.


My wife had read this with great enthusiasm when we met 30 years ago.


Seems to have left quite an impression on Jagger and Richards also:



The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil



Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

I've been around for a long, long year

Stole many a man's soul to waste



And I was 'round when Jesus Christ

Had his moment of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Pilate

Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Opening line and plot précis straight from the book...

Stuart
"There's no skill substitute like cubic inches."