The Revolutionist — Robert Littell

The New York Times�"bestselling author's decades-spanning novel of two Americans in the Soviet Union: “Gripping . . . suspense, danger, [and] adventure” (Chicago Tribune).
 
This thrilling historical saga follows two young men who, in 1917, leave the tenements of New York City for revolutionary Russia, while another heads toward Palestine. Covering decades of twists and turns in their lives and in the tumultuous history of the Soviet Union -- as well as the dramatic event that will finally reunite these companions -- The Revolutionist is “a sweeping and well-researched chronicle of a dream gone wrong” (Library Journal).