The title character of this novel chases cats on behalf of the Moscow Cleaning Department and adopts the name Polygraph Polygraphovich after having his pituitary gland and testicles surgically replaced with those of a man.
Because of an ongoing performance of Aida, a character in this novel frequently interrupts conversations to hum the lyric "From the sacred shores of the Nile." A committee in this novel pressures that character to relinquish two of the seven rooms in his house. This novel opens with its narrator howling in pain from being scalded by boiling water thrown out the window of a nearby canteen, just before he locks onto the scent of sausages. The fifth chapter of this novel is styled as a lengthy medical diary kept by Dr. (*) Bormental, recording how its test subject learns curse words. The title character of this novel chases cats on behalf of the Moscow Cleaning Department and adopts the name Polygraph Polygraphovich after having his pituitary gland and testicles surgically replaced with those of a man. For 10 points, name this satiric science fiction novel about the canine Sharik, by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Because of an ongoing performance of Aida, a character in this novel frequently interrupts conversations to hum the lyric "
The Heart of a Dog [or Sobach'e serdtse]