A searing historical novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C.a world of dominated by personalities like Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthyand infused with political drama, unexpected humor, and heartbreak.From the acclaimed author of Watergate and Up With the Sun"Crisp, buoyant prose."The New York Times Book ReviewIn a world of bareknuckled 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 Tims first job and, after Fullers 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 NATOs front line in Europe.

Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 388 g; Dimensions: 133 x 203 x 24

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