You really need to know your Russian history to really appreciate and get Master and Margherita. You probably know enough to read Animal Farm but M+M is Russian, capital R.
Oh I don't know the entire premise is brilliant and hilarious from the get-go: Devil arrives in Moscow one morning with all his pals, proceeds to give everyone everything they want like Father Christmas, and it's a shit-show, I love it :)
I'm sure there's layers but I think most adults will appreciate the portrayal of human vice and vanity :)