Synopses & Reviews
It's 1950s Washington, D.C.: a world of bare-knuckled ideology and secret dossiers, dominated by personalities like Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy. Enter Timothy Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic 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.
Moving between the diplomatic world of Foggy Bottom and NATO's front line in Europe, Fellow Travelers is a searing historical novel infused with political drama, unexpected humor, and genuine heartbreak.
Review:
“Brilliant. . . . This is Mallon's best historical novel, period, and better than most contemporary novels of any stripe.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Synopsis:
Tim Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic eager to join the crusade against Communism, finds his first love affair with a handsome State Department official. As Joe McCarthy mounts an increasingly desperate bid for power, Tim and Fuller find it ever more dangerous to navigate their double lives.
About the Author
Thomas Mallon is the author of seven novels, including Bandbox,
Henry and Clara, and
Dewey Defeats Truman. Among his nonfiction books are studies of diaries (
A Book of One’s Own), plagiarism (
Stolen Words), and the Kennedy assassination (
Mrs. Paine’s Garage). A frequent contributor to
The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and other publications, he lives in Washington, D.C.
From the Hardcover edition.
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