Read the other Bulgakov book published by Hesperus, The Fatal Eggs. This one was even worse than A Dog's Heart. Once again, the plot centers in Moscow after the Revolution with a "aristo" scientist trying to cope with the stupidity of the committee members. This experiment entails a "red ray" that the scientist directs on to frogs which causes them to mature and reproduce quickly and expotentially. All this is occurring during one of the first USSR agricultural crisis -- some poultry disease. The good comrades decide to usurp the scientist's red ray and use it on imported eggs to jump start the industry. Unfortunately, the eggs sent to the committee are not chickens, but an assortment of reptiles with the sci-fi predictable mutations and loss of lives.
Well that's about it, my summary without engagement of any kind with the author, his bland style, dated crusade, et cetera, et cetera.
At least the next book to review, One Thousand and One Ghosts by Dumas is a goodie.
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