Fatal Eggs

Paperback

Main Details

Title Fatal Eggs
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov
Translated by Roger Cockrell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 133,Width 200
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781847493712
ClassificationsDewey:891.7342
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Imprint Alma Classics
Publication Date 17 July 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand -

Author Biography

Russian novelist and dramatist Mikhail Bulgakov (1891--1940) is one of the foremost satirists of the twentieth century and most famous for The Master and Margarita.