For those who have read the book, the recent news article about a cat that rides the bus to the fish market in London is the closest living literary reference that Bulgakov’s Master and the Margarita characters Behemoth (and Satan) have arrived in London as it could possibly get!
Ivan was so struck by the cat’s behaviour that he froze motionless by the grocery store on the corner, and here he was struck for a second time, but much more strongly, by the conductress’s behaviour. As soon as she saw the cat getting into the tram-car, she shouted with a malice that even made her shake: ‘No cats allowed! Nobody with cats allowed!’ Neither the conductress nor the passengers were struck by the essence of the matter: not just that a cat was boarding a tram-car, which would have been good enough, but that he was going to pay!
from The Chase, ch4
Woland is also described as having two different color eyes!
Right eye black, left - for some reason - green.
