At the beginning of this 
At the beginning of this novel, a mysterious professor informs Berlioz, the editor of a literary magazine, that he will be decapitated by a truck. Later, the professor and one of the title characters use Berlioz's skull as a goblet from which they drink blood on Walpurgis Night. A strange magic show the professor and his assistants give at the Variety Theatre throws MASSOLIT into disarray, and one title character has written a book about Pontius Pilate which makes up several sections of the novel. For 10 points, name this sature about the devil visiting atheist Moscow, a work by Mikhail Bulgakov.
At the beginning of this novel, a mysterious professor informs Berlioz, the editor of a literary magazine, that he will be decapitated by a truck.
The Master and Margarita [or Master i Margarita]