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Summary

The Diaboliad by Mikhail Bulgakov is a satirical novella that delves into the bureaucratic chaos and absurdity of Soviet reality. The protagonist, a minor clerk named Korotkov, encounters a series of bizarre and mystical events after his boss is replaced by a strange man with fiery red hair. Korotkov loses his job, documents, and even his identity, becoming ensnared in a whirlwind of absurdity and bureaucratic tyranny. The novella mocks the bureaucratic system and illustrates how easily a person can become lost in a world governed by chaos and absurdity.