Shaun Walker

Yeah, I mean, in some ways, luckily for him, he managed to hold out long enough that by the time he signs the real peak is winding down. He doesn't get shot like many of the other illegals. But he does end up with 20 years in the gulag, which which completely breaks him.

Yeah, I mean, in some ways, luckily for him, he managed to hold out long enough that by the time he signs the real peak is winding down. He doesn't get shot like many of the other illegals. But he does end up with 20 years in the gulag, which which completely breaks him.

Yeah, I mean, it's a really extraordinary scene. And actually, Dimitri's description of his interrogations, it's some of the most interesting and evocative writing about the purges that I've ever seen. And yeah, there's this moment where the guy who's been in charge of his torture...

Yeah, I mean, it's a really extraordinary scene. And actually, Dimitri's description of his interrogations, it's some of the most interesting and evocative writing about the purges that I've ever seen. And yeah, there's this moment where the guy who's been in charge of his torture...

Yeah, I mean, it's a really extraordinary scene. And actually, Dimitri's description of his interrogations, it's some of the most interesting and evocative writing about the purges that I've ever seen. And yeah, there's this moment where the guy who's been in charge of his torture...

Suddenly, it sort of suddenly dawns on him this life that Dimitri had had in the West, wearing nice suits, going out to bars, traveling, having money. And he just looks at him and he says... So you mean to say you could have just run off somewhere with all this money and you could have lived in luxury until the end of your life, but you chose to come back here and face a bullet?

Suddenly, it sort of suddenly dawns on him this life that Dimitri had had in the West, wearing nice suits, going out to bars, traveling, having money. And he just looks at him and he says... So you mean to say you could have just run off somewhere with all this money and you could have lived in luxury until the end of your life, but you chose to come back here and face a bullet?

Suddenly, it sort of suddenly dawns on him this life that Dimitri had had in the West, wearing nice suits, going out to bars, traveling, having money. And he just looks at him and he says... So you mean to say you could have just run off somewhere with all this money and you could have lived in luxury until the end of your life, but you chose to come back here and face a bullet?

I mean, what an idiot. And he starts berating Dimitri, like, why on earth did you come back here? And I think there's this moment where... Dimitri sort of sees this a little bit of the kind of curtain of the theater raises a bit and he sees this guy as maybe someone who's also a bit of a victim of this crazy system, even though he's the torture and Dimitri is the tortured.

I mean, what an idiot. And he starts berating Dimitri, like, why on earth did you come back here? And I think there's this moment where... Dimitri sort of sees this a little bit of the kind of curtain of the theater raises a bit and he sees this guy as maybe someone who's also a bit of a victim of this crazy system, even though he's the torture and Dimitri is the tortured.

I mean, what an idiot. And he starts berating Dimitri, like, why on earth did you come back here? And I think there's this moment where... Dimitri sort of sees this a little bit of the kind of curtain of the theater raises a bit and he sees this guy as maybe someone who's also a bit of a victim of this crazy system, even though he's the torture and Dimitri is the tortured.

Yeah. So you have a few of these early post-war spies, illegals who were sent out to the US. And yeah, as you say, it's very hard on them. There's one and the one case that springs to mind is a chap called Yevgeny Brick. So he arrives in Canada with the ultimate goal of getting to the US. And he's supposed to spend a bit of time in Canada brushing up on what the KGB called the legend of the spy.

Yeah. So you have a few of these early post-war spies, illegals who were sent out to the US. And yeah, as you say, it's very hard on them. There's one and the one case that springs to mind is a chap called Yevgeny Brick. So he arrives in Canada with the ultimate goal of getting to the US. And he's supposed to spend a bit of time in Canada brushing up on what the KGB called the legend of the spy.

Yeah. So you have a few of these early post-war spies, illegals who were sent out to the US. And yeah, as you say, it's very hard on them. There's one and the one case that springs to mind is a chap called Yevgeny Brick. So he arrives in Canada with the ultimate goal of getting to the US. And he's supposed to spend a bit of time in Canada brushing up on what the KGB called the legend of the spy.

So his backstory, basically. So he would go around several Canadian towns. He would visit the places where... supposedly he had grown up and he would sort of get himself a nice cache of stories that he'd be able to tell about these places. But he shows up and in one of the first places he stays in, in Winnipeg, he's in a guest house.

So his backstory, basically. So he would go around several Canadian towns. He would visit the places where... supposedly he had grown up and he would sort of get himself a nice cache of stories that he'd be able to tell about these places. But he shows up and in one of the first places he stays in, in Winnipeg, he's in a guest house.

So his backstory, basically. So he would go around several Canadian towns. He would visit the places where... supposedly he had grown up and he would sort of get himself a nice cache of stories that he'd be able to tell about these places. But he shows up and in one of the first places he stays in, in Winnipeg, he's in a guest house.

He's missing his wife, who's back in Moscow, his family's in Moscow. Of course, he has absolutely no links. He's not allowed to contact them and not even allowed to contact the local Soviet embassy. And so rather lonely, he starts drinking in this guest house. He meets the daughter of the guest house owner, decides that he's in love with her.

He's missing his wife, who's back in Moscow, his family's in Moscow. Of course, he has absolutely no links. He's not allowed to contact them and not even allowed to contact the local Soviet embassy. And so rather lonely, he starts drinking in this guest house. He meets the daughter of the guest house owner, decides that he's in love with her.

He's missing his wife, who's back in Moscow, his family's in Moscow. Of course, he has absolutely no links. He's not allowed to contact them and not even allowed to contact the local Soviet embassy. And so rather lonely, he starts drinking in this guest house. He meets the daughter of the guest house owner, decides that he's in love with her.