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"This repugnant-looking Hulkower walks in," Ames's Colombian-born wife recalled in Pete Earley's 1997 book, "Confessions of a Spy."

Mark J. Hulkower, prosecutor in Aldrich Ames spy case, dies at 53 T. Rees Shapiro 2011

Schwartzman was already a fan of Ames's work when they first met a few years ago about a movie project Ames was developing.

Jason Schwartzman, 'Bored' And Loving It 2010

Mr. Hulkower also served as the prosecutor of Ames's wife, Maria del Rosario Casas Ames, who aided her husband's espionage work.

Mark J. Hulkower, prosecutor in Aldrich Ames spy case, dies at 53 T. Rees Shapiro 2011

"This repugnant-looking Hulkower walks in," Ames's Colombian-born wife recalled in Pete Earley's 1997 book, "Confessions of a Spy."

Mark J. Hulkower, prosecutor in Aldrich Ames spy case, dies at 53 T. Rees Shapiro 2011

Brian Ames's stories are reminiscent of both Hemingway and Raymond Carver, but where Hemingway's characters are stoically going about the business of living up to their own self-images of masculinity, and Carver's characters struggle to live with their failures as men, Ames's male protagonists in Eighty-Sixed (Word Riot Press, 2004) are, if not exactly "hapless," as the book's subtitle has it, comically unable to recognize their failures even while they're enduring them.

Writing and Publishing 2010

Mr. Hulkower also served as the prosecutor of Ames's wife, Maria del Rosario Casas Ames, who aided her husband's espionage work.

Mark J. Hulkower, prosecutor in Aldrich Ames spy case, dies at 53 T. Rees Shapiro 2011

Ames's son, Paul, was 5 in 1994, when his parents were arrested.

With parents accused of spying for Russia, what happens to their children? 2010

Ames's son, Paul, was 5 in 1994, when his parents were arrested.

With parents accused of spying for Russia, what happens to their children? 2010

Ames's legal team had to seek a judicial order to free $500 of the family's frozen assets to care for the youngster.

With parents accused of spying for Russia, what happens to their children? 2010

Ames's legal team had to seek a judicial order to free $500 of the family's frozen assets to care for the youngster.

With parents accused of spying for Russia, what happens to their children? 2010