Fellow Travelers

By: Thomas Mallon

Narrated by: Christian Barillas

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.

©2007 Thomas Mallon (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Gay Life in Federal Service

I loved the book!!! It gave me a great idea of what it was like to be gay in the 1950s and the need to hide it from your family, employer, and the government. The book also illustrated the government's overall treatment of the LGBTQ community and that community is used as a pawn in politics. Additionally, the book tells a beautiful story of hopes, dreams, temptation, love and loss between two gay men. It is an incredibly moving story; one that resonates in my soul. Very well done.

A very well told story

This is a long story time ever at the moment. It was well. I highly recommend.

Well done!

I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, in the 50’s. So much of life revolved around the political goings on and everyday actions of DC and the surrounding bedroom communities. I remember the Lavender Scare. Having to hide takes its toll.

What a jerk

If karma exists I hope it doesn't miss Hawk. Poor Tim is all he got in the end!

The sadness of it all.

This gave me a glimpse of the LGBTQIA history and how far life has progress