The Master and Margarita Novel by Mikhail Bulgakovpremium off white cream pages Stitched binding Matte cover local premium copy Language English Dimensions 5. 5 x 8. 26 inches pages amount 454 The central character is the Devildisguised as Professor Wolandwho descends upon Moscow with his purgative pranks that expose the corruption and hypocrisy of the Soviet cultural elite. His counterpart is the Master, a repressed novelist who goes into a psychiatric ward for seeking to present the story of Jesus.