A Dog's Heart

by Bulgakov, Mikhail

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published 17/04/2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Archive series.

Paperback | 144 pages

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksWhat would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray dog? In Mikhail Bulgakov’s topsy-turvy world, the dog starts to walk on two legs, drink, smoke, thieve, chase women and recite every swear word in Russian. The perfect candidate for a government official, in other words. This rude, riotous send-up of the Soviet Union, banned immediately on publication, is satire red in tooth and claw.