Our American, A Romance of Moscow is set against the end of the Cold War and the final days of the Soviet Union, its bizarre economy, the street battles, the hopes and heroism of emerging Russian democracy, the early days of independent Russian television, its spacebridges and beauty contests, just as the oligarchs and carpetbaggers arrive. Our American is an introduction to Russia and Russians at a time of daring new beginnings. --Taken from book jacket.