Fellow Travelers: A Novel
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.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
Haunting
Before I read this book, all I knew was that it took place in Washington D.C. during the 1950's, and that it involved men having affairs with each other. Needless to say, I drastically underestimated it. The book is really a tragic love story...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
Most fascinating read
Fellow Travelers targets both the Communist-and-gay-friendly people that support the rights of groups without joining them. Sometimes, the supporters will not even admit their advocacy. This novel portrays an American Cold War government of many...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
fellow pleasure
Not only was this a good book but I recieved it in excellent shape and loved the fact that I got it in just a couple of days. It was a good experience and I will be using that supplier as often as I can.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 06, 2007 Type: User Review |
A difficult but very worthy read
If you aren't into politics (especially of the McCarthy era), this isn't the book for you. The book is a bit slow to get started, but once I started, I was hooked. The love story is addictive and devastating and the attention to period detail is...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Well worth reading for history, love and lessons learned
This is a book well worth reading. The love story is emotional, although certainly not of the impact of Brokeback. The writing is good 4 star, not 5. The history is accurate and educational, weaved in well with the romance. Certainly...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
LOVE, LUST, BETRAYAL, LONGING, REDEMPTION, REGRET...you find it all here!
The time...the early to late `50's....The place...D.C....The story....well...BRILLIANT!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 01, 2007 Type: User Review |
Historical, Poignant & Fun
This is the first book I've read by Thomas Mallon, even though I already own "Bandbox". I will be certain to read it now and probably all the rest. I was very young during the time this novel covers; but I find it fascinating. The novel has peaked...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 29, 2007 Type: User Review |
Can you give zero stars?
I learned about McCarthyism with my mother's milk--literally. An ardent liberal she gleefully watched Tail Gunner Joe crash and burn on our new Admiral console TV while nursing me. No, I don't actually remember much about the era, but I grew up...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2007 Type: User Review |
eh
great book, and the man on the cover is my grandfather Robert Cuddeback but didnt even know Mallon....he was at a bar one day and the photographer aurthur fellig took a picture of him and this picture was published in one of his books and my...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 20, 2007 Type: User Review |
Charming and Compelling
I've enjoyed Thomas Mallon's other novels--Bandbox, Henry and June, Dewey Defeats Truman--especially his deft mixtures of history and fiction and a gossamer-light touch. Fellow Travelers does not disappoint. In a manner that will be familiar to...
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