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Sergei Kurguzov has just been promoted to colonel. At 34, he has had a successful career, but when he tells his father, a reserve lieutenant colonel, about it, he does not seem happy. The next morning, he runs away. Kurguzov has nowhere to hide. He travels around the country—on trains, in passing cars, without any specific destination. His goal is to remain undetected for as long as possible. Somewhere at the top, the changes he is waiting for must happen...
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A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.