The Patriots

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Asweepingmultigenerationalnovelaboutidealism,betrayal,andfamilysecretssetintheU.S.andRussia,fromoneofGranta'sBestofYoungAmericanNovelistsWhentheGreatDepressionhits,FlorenceFeinleavesBrooklynCollegeforajobinMoscow--andthepromiseofloveandindependence.ButonceinRussia,shequicklybecomesentangledinacountryshecan'tescape.Manyyearslater,Florence'sson,Julian,immigratesbacktotheUnitedStates,thoughhisworkintheoilindustrytakeshimonfrequentvisitstoMoscow.WhenhelearnsthatFlorence'sKGBfilehasbeenopened,hearrangesabusinesstriptouncoverthetruthabouthismother,andtoconvincehisson,Lenny--tryingtomakehisfortuneinPutin'scutthroatRussia--toreturnhome.WhatJuliandiscoversisbothchillingandheartbreaking:anuntoldstoryofagenerationofAmericansabandonedbytheircountry,andthesecrethistoryoftworivalnationscolludingunderthecoverofenmity.ThePatriotsisarivetingevocationoftheColdWaryears,toldwithbrilliantinsightandextraordinaryskill.AlternatingbetweenFlorence'sandJulian'sperspectives,itisatonceamother-sonstoryandataleoftwocountriesboundinadialecticdance;alovestoryandaspystory;bothagrand,old-fashionedepicandacontemporarynovelofideas.Throughthehistoryofonefamilymovingbackandforthbetweencontinentsoverthreegenerations,ThePatriotsisapoignanttaleofthepoweroflove,therewardsandrisksoffriendship,andthesecretsparentsandchildrenkeepfromoneanother.PraiseforThePatriots"ThePatriotsisahistoricalromanceintheoldstyle:multigenerational,multi-narrative,intercontinental,ladenwithbackstoriesandhistoricalresearch,movingbetweenscrupulousdetailandsweepingpanoramas,thefirst-personvoiceandakaleidoscopicthird,melodramaandsatire,Clevelandin1933andMoscowin2008."--NathanielRich,TheNewYorkTimesBookReview"Dazzlingandaddictive...anoutstandingfamilysaga."--TheSpectator(U.K.)"Extraordinary...ThePatriotshastheweightofaclassic."--CommentaryMagazine"Ifoundoneverypageanobservationsoacute,asentenceofsuchtruthandshiningdetail,thatitdemandedre-readingforthesheerpleasureofit.ThePatriotshasconvincedmethatKrasikovbelongsamongthetotemicyoungwritersofherera."--KhaledHosseini,authorofAndtheMountainsEchoedandTheKiteRunner