The Master and Marmeladov

The amazing Woland, made famous by Mikhail Bulgakov, comes to a small college in Hogtown, U.S.A., where the faculty must compete for a pay raise. Yuri Marmeladov, a recent arrival from the Soviet Union, claims that he has made an important discovery in the works of Dostoevsky. His presence in the small American college triggers a chain of apocalyptic events. Every detail of this story is true, according to the author. Some claim that it is a satire on American academe, but how can a true story be a satire?