Brooks Morton

In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.

Le célèbre directeur du FBI, J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) officia sous pas moins de huit présidents des États-Unis. Homme de pouvoir et de secrets, il mit bien du monde sur écoute, se constitua moult dossiers personnels sur les hommes politiques et ne fut finalement jamais inquiété, malgré certaines rumeurs d'homosexualité et une forte propension au travestissement...