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Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he''s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.

Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama.

Killing my enemies is easy. The challenge is to change the way they think, to control their minds. And I think I controlled yours pretty well. In years to come, I''ll be able to say: Bulgakov? Yeah, we even trained him. He gave up. He saw the light. We broke him, we can break anybody. It''s man versus monster, Mikhail. And the monster always wins.

John Hodge''s blistering new play depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse through which the appalling

Collaborators

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 3 November 2011
      ISBN-13 9780571283996
      978-0571283996
      ISBN-10 0571283993
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he''s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.

      Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama.

      Killing my enemies is easy. The challenge is to change the way they think, to control their minds. And I think I controlled yours pretty well. In years to come, I''ll be able to say: Bulgakov? Yeah, we even trained him. He gave up. He saw the light. We broke him, we can break anybody. It''s man versus monster, Mikhail. And the monster always wins.

      John Hodge''s blistering new play depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse through which the appalling

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