| Fellow Travelers Contributor(s): Mallon, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307388905 ISBN-13: 9780307388902 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: From the highly acclaimed author of "Bandbox" and "Dewey Defeats Truman"-a searing new historical novel about the competing claims of faith, love, and politics during the McCarthy era. Washington, D.C., in the early 1950s: a world of bare-knuckled ideology, hard drinking, and secret dossiers, dominated by such outsized characters as Richard Nixon, Drew Pearson, Perle Mesta, and Joe McCarthy. Into this fevered city steps Timothy Laughlin, a recent Fordham graduate and devout Catholic eager to join the crusade against Communism. A chance encounter with a handsome, profligate State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, leads to Tim's first job in D.C. and-after Fuller's advances-his first love affair. Now, as McCarthy mounts an increasingly 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. Drawn into a maelstrom of deceit and intrigue, and clinging to the friendship of a beautiful young woman named Mary Johnson, Tim struggles to reconcile his political convictions, his love for God, and his love for Fuller-an entanglement that will end in a stunning act of betrayal. Moving between the Senate Office Building and the Washington "Evening Star," the diplomatic world of Foggy Bottom and NATO's front line in Europe, "Fellow Travelers" is energized by high political drama, unexpected humor, and genuine heartbreak. It is Thomas Mallon's most accomplished and daring novel to date. "From the Hardcover edition." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.12" W x 8" (0.60 lbs) 345 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Locality - Washington, D.C. |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |