Ebook {Epub PDF} Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

Mallon’s latest historical novel (after Bandbox, , etc.) takes us back to the nominally peaceful mids, when the twin menaces of Communism and homosexuality were the real enemies of all things American. Taking a page or two from Gore Vidal, Mallon juxtaposes the progress of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s vindictive Un-American Activities Committee with the (similarly verboten) Author: Thomas Mallon. FELLOW TRAVELERS. By Thomas Mallon. Since the s, gay politics have meant left politics, or at least liberal politics. It is surprising, then, for some to discover how many of the leading figures of the hard-right anticommunist movement of the late s and early s were gay. Whittaker Chambers was, and Roy Cohn, and Marvin Liebman (the creator of the Committee of One Million and one of .  · Mallon is the author of the novels Henry and Clara, Two Moons, Dewey Defeats Truman, Aurora 7, Bandbox, and most recently Fellow Travelers; as well as writing four works of nonfiction. He is a former literary editor of GQ, where he wrote the "Doubting Thomas" column for ten years, and has contributed frequently to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The /5().

Thomas Mallon is the author of the novels Bandbox, Henry and Clara, and Dewey Defeats Truman; In Fact, a collection of essays; and the nonfiction books Stolen Words, A Book of One's Own, and Mrs. Paine's Garage.A frequent contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and other magazines, he lives in Washington, D.C. Fellow Travelers is the story of two men, Tim Laughlin and Hawkins Fuller, and one woman, Mary Johnson during the s. The story focuses on the affair between Tim and Hawkins, and how this affair impacts their lives as well as Mary's -- and the friendship between the three of them. Thomas Mallon's book was fantastic. Thomas Mallon's ten books of fiction include Henry and Clara, Fellow Travelers, Watergate (a Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award), and the just-published bltadwin.ru has also written volumes of nonfiction about plagiarism (Stolen Words), diaries (A Book of One's Own), letters (Yours Ever), and the Kennedy assassination (Mrs. Paine's Garage), as well as two books of essays (Rockets and.

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. You May Also Like. Previous. Add to Wishlist Read an excerpt of this book!. Mallon's most recent novel is Fellow Travelers, an account of a Washington D.C. love affair between Hawkins Fuller, a handsome State Department official, and young Timothy Laughlin, a fervent anti-communist and Senate staffer. Through Laughlin and Fuller, we witness the so-called lavender scare of the s, in which State Department employees suspected of homosexuality were fired as security risks; and are given a ringside seat for the sordid endgame of the Army-McCarthy hearings run by. Thomas Mallon is known for his historical novels (DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN, HENRY AND CLARA), so the fact that his new book, FELLOW TRAVELERS, takes place during the rise and fall of s McCarthyism makes sense for his oeuvre.