Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon
NOW A SHOWTIME LIMITED SERIES STARRING MATT BOMER, JONATHAN BAILEY, AND ALLISON WILLIAMS .A searing historical novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C.-a world of dominated by personalities like Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy-and infused with political drama, unexpected humor, and heartbreak. . From the acclaimed author of Watergate and Up With the Sun"Crisp, buoyant prose."-The New York Times Book Review
In a world of bare-knuckled ideology and secret dossiers, Timothy Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic, is eager to join the crusade against Communism. An encounter with a handsome State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, leads to Tim's first job and, after Fuller's advances, his first love affair. As McCarthy mounts a desperate bid for power and internal investigations focus on "sexual subversives" in the government, Tim and Fuller find it ever more dangerous to navigate their double lives while moving between the diplomatic world of Foggy Bottom and NATO's front line in Europe.
Henry and Clara, Fellow Travelers, and Watergate are only a few of Thomas Mallon's works. He contributes to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and other publications on a regular basis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307388902 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307388905 |
| Title | Fellow Travelers |
| Author | Thomas Mallon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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