It is set in Kiev during the Russian revolution and tells a story about the war's effect on a middle-class family (not workers). The story was not politically correct and thereby contributed to Bulgakov's lifelong troubles with the Soviet authorities.

Flamingo, 1983.
ISBN: 9780006540069. 288 pp.
Translated by Michael Glenny.
Afterword by Victor Nekrasv.
Softcover. Very good.