Thomas Mallon

NOW A SHOWTIME LIMITED SERIES STARRING MATT BOMER, JONATHAN BAILEY, AND ALLISON WILLIAMS. Fellow Travelers is a searing historical novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C.—a world dominated by personalities like Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy—and infused with political drama, unexpected humour, and heartbreak. From the acclaimed author of Watergate and Up With the Sun. Crisp, buoyant prose.—The New York...

Through the curious life of Dick Kallman—a real-life celebrity striver, poisonously charming actor, and eventual murder victim—the unforgiving worlds of postwar showbiz and down-low gay sexuality are thrown into stark relief in this page-turning blast (James Ellroy, author of Widespread Panic). Engrossing... A keen portrait of 1980s New York... a pensive, often gorgeous depiction of... gay life in Manhattan before...