Reg Mills, paratrooper, hero, struggles to adjust to civilian life after the /5. Oct 17, · About The Patriots A sweeping multigenerational novel about idealism, betrayal, and family secrets set in the U.S. and Russia, from one of Granta ’s Best of Young American Novelists When the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for a job in Moscow—and the promise of love and independence.