Fellow Travelers
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
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
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This thoughtful and steamy historical novel was inspired by the incredible real-life LGBTQ+ culture that quietly arose in America alongside the 1950s Red Scare. After Ivy League college grad Timothy Laughlin lands a plum DC job, he embarks on a tempestuous love affair with a closeted State Department worker, accelerating his career while exacerbating his Catholic guilt. Against the backdrop of the Cold War and the anti-communist McCarthy hearings, author Thomas Mallon paints a nuanced portrait of Timothy’s idealistic but conflicted feelings—and the two men’s complicated romance. Actor Christian Barillas really brings out the emotional weight of the story in his narration, making us feel the personal ebbs and flows that unfold alongside the dramatic realities of the time. Fellow Travelers is an enthralling listen.