“The Inspector General” through the prism of Sodom and Gomorrah. The bureaucrats so brilliantly portrayed by Gogol reminded me of this biblical story. There, two angels descended; here too, angels appeared from somewhere. After all, we can never know where Khlestakov truly came from. And so these two set off for the town in search of an honest man—but they found none…” — Avtandil Varsimashvili
