oh! yes, the satire is quite comparable to Gogol's style. the same mockery of the country's inhabitants, just a hundred years later; morals have changed, but they remain .... pretty laughable! good luck with grok-ing that novel, in my opinion it is pretty rewarding.
NB. this is a classic film adaptation where the casting has hit the mark very precisely. if you ever need visuals to match them to the test, they're A+ here: