The son of an editor discovers that one of his father’s writers is a former criminal from the Eastern bloc.

Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi…

Olga, married to a reach American businessman, returns to Russia after six years.