One evening a man called James was on the road from Oxford to London. There weren’t many cars on the road because it was late. Suddenly in the lights of his car he saw a woman by the road – she was quite young and very pretty. ‘It’s dangerous to walk along the road when it’s dark and late,’ he thought. He stopped, opened the window and asked the young woman, ‘Where are you going? It’s dangerous to stand here at night… perhaps I can take you to London with me.’ The young woman didn’t answer but she opened the door of the car and got in...

BOOK ONE CHAPTER 1 - Never Talk with Strangers CHAPTER 2 - Pontius Pilate CHAPTER 3 - The Seventh Proof CHAPTER 4 - The Chase CHAPTER 5 - There were Doings at Griboedov’s CHAPTER 6 - Schizophrenia, as was Said CHAPTER 7 - A Naughty Apartment CHAPTER 8 - The Combat between the Professor and the Poet CHAPTER 9 - Koroviev’s Stunts CHAPTER 10 - News From Yalta CHAPTER 11 - Ivan Splits in Two CHAPTER 12 - Black Magic and Its Exposure CHAPTER 13 - The Hero Enters CHAPTER 14 - Glory to the Cock! CHAPTER 15 - Nikanor Ivanovich’s Dream CHAPTER 16 - The Execution CHAPTER...