His book is unlike any other work that has been published on the murder of president kennedy. Thomas mallon has 34 books on goodreads with 18225 ratings. Watergate has been examined backwards and forwards, but thomas mallon attempts to. Thomas mallons ten books of fiction include henry and clara, fellow travelers, watergate a finalist for the penfaulkner award, finale and the justpublished landfall. Before there was reagan the conservative icon, there was reagan the president. Thomas mallon born november 2, 1951, american writer. He attended brown university as an undergraduate and earned a master of arts and a ph. He is also a frequent contributor to the new york times magazine and gq. The magnificent ambersons alice adams in the arena. Thomas mallon s watergate is an imaginative political farce. San francisco chronicle, the daily beast, the miami herald, st. Feb 22, 2012 thomas mallons latest novel, watergate, manages to make that welldocumented episode in american history a page turner by mixing fact with fiction and examining the psychological lives of both the famous and the marginal. Based in towson, maryland, the law office of thomas k. Thomas mallon born november 2, 1951 is an american novelist, essayist, and critic.
The mystery of ronald reagan washington free beacon. Its funny, i realized, a lot of my books have involved triangles. Fellow travelers is historical fiction at its best, weaving the political events of washingtons pink i once had a friend, a high school social studies teacher, who confided that he got all his history from historical fiction. Thomas mallon is the author of nine books, including dewey defeats truman, henry and clara and his latest, two moons. A novel of the reagan years, thomas mallon offers a disclaimer.
Thomas mallon, whose latest novel reimagines the presidency of george w. His novels are renowned for their attention to historical detail and context and for the authors crisp wit and interest in the bystanders to larger historical events. Fellow travelers has been made into a contemporary opera that is regularly performed throughout the united states. Louis postdispatch before there was reagan the conservative icon, there was reagan the president. Mallon offers fascinating commentary on how the records might reflect deeply seated frustrations, anomosities, or other sources of bias. Memorable literary fiction doesnt flourish along the potomac in the quantity it does by the thames, seine, or hudson, but mallon couldnt. A new york times notable book one of the best books of the year. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Rockefeller foundation fellow, 19861987, guggenheim fellow, 20002001. Mar 07, 20 mallon, 58, arrived in washington in 2003 after years in new yorks literary scene and a turn as books editor at gq magazine, where his doubting thomas column won a national book critics circle award.
Schultzs book about the writers opposing politics and their shared feelings on american liberalism. Sep 15, 2015 join us this evening as mallon shares his riveting new work with us. Stories of political life the library of america by booth tarkington, thomas mallon, et al. The author is a republican so the novel, partly, is an attempt to humanize. Apr 17, 2012 mallon uses three key women in nixons life to fill in a fictional back story to the wellknown reality. Thomas mallon s new novel offers a nuanced, conservative portrait.
Thomas mallon is the author of ten novels, including henry and clara. His latest novel, finale, is available from pantheon books in september 2015. His numerous books center on political culture his debt, he says, is to russell kirks the conservative mind. Louis postdispatch adding to a fiction chronicle that has already spanned american history from the lincoln assassination to the watergate scandal, thomas mallon now brings to life the tumultuous administration of the most. Thomas mallon recognizes no such obligation, and in consequence his book fails both as a work of fiction and as a work of history. He writes regularly for the national, the washington post, the vineyard gazette, and the christian science monitor. Mallon, llc provides expert legal counsel in family law and personal injury matters. Here are his evaluations of the work of contemporary writers such asnicholson baker.
It credibly imagines the conversations, daily happenings, and motivations of the. Thomas mallon is the author of eight books of historical fiction and seven books of nonfiction. He received the ingram merrill foundation award in 1994 and won a rockefeller fellowship in 1987. He has also written volumes of nonfiction about plagiarism stolen words, diaries a book of ones own, letters yours ever and the kennedy assassination mrs. Thomas mallon is the author of eight novels, including henry and clara, dewey defeats truman, and fellow travelers. Paines garage, as well as two books of essays rockets and. Apr 19, 2016 the american spectator foundation educates the public on new ideas, concepts, and policies that favor traditional american values, such as economic freedom, individual liberty, selfsufficiency. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election and built around it a midwestern midsummer nights dream. Perhaps it takes a novelists eye to notice something that, once noticed, is stunning. Needless to say, he is a delightful and erudite conversationalist.
Marriage, betrayal, and the letters behind the dolphin. It was so early that i dont think i ever even wrote and discarded a scene that i had in which i had attempted. For mallon devotees, which of his other books should i embark upon next. Writer and critic thomas mallon, who happens to be republican, imagined the 2016 presidential campaign as a novel in a recent new yorker article. A sharpwitted young widows progress through postcivil war washingtons powercenters dominates this breezy and entertaining historical caper from the popular author of henry and clara 1994 and dewey defeats truman 1997. It might be characterized as a work of gossip, and indeed much of the book is focused on the kind of details that make for entertaining gossip. Still recovering from trump winning, thomas mallon crafts a. Link, 2 books bill huebsch, 2 books arthur jones, 1 book robert nowell, 1 book mary beth jambor, 1 book ruth irene garrett, 1 book louis j. So, no surprise, mallons three most recent novels watergate. Nov 05, 2016 writer and critic thomas mallon, who happens to be republican, imagined the 2016 presidential campaign as a novel in a recent new yorker article. For more than 18 years, the law office of thomas k. He began in a one bedroom apartment in the haight in 1976 with a fourtrack and over the years built two studios. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory.
Thomas mallon gives us a disturbing account of generosity and secrets, of suppressed memories and tragic mighthavebeens, of coincidences more eerie than conspiracy theory. This is the fifth or sixth conversation i have had with mallon since the mid90s. Fictionalizing history, with republicans at center stage wsj. Dewey defeats truman is a kind of love triangle that mirrors the election. He is the author of nine books of fiction, including henry and clara, two moons, dewey defeats truman, aurora 7, bandbox, fellow travelers. Thomas mallon has written 24 works search for other. Mallon, llc has served as a trusted guide for individuals and families encountering difficult and complex family law matters.
Authors in support of donald trump are conservative. Its an amazement, really, that hes been able to take the tottering heap of jagged historical events, involving scores of politicians and suchlike, and weave them into a narrative about the fall of richard nixon that flows smoothly, steadily, inexorably. A new york times notable book a washington post notable book one of the best books of the year. Sep 20, 2015 readers of finale, thomas mallons sly and penetrating ninth novel, are well aware that the books protagonist, the nations 40th president, is destined to be revered as the republican. Thomas mallon one of those rarities in the writing trade, a conservative adopts a similar approach in finale, a novel set in 1986. Member poets, playwrights, editors, essayists and novelists association american, phi beta kappa. Mallon wasnt even sure he wanted to include the already wellflogged tricky dick as a prominent character in watergate, a fictional rendering of the infamous burglaryan attempt, the author surmises, to tie sen. Readers of finale, thomas mallon s sly and penetrating ninth novel, are well aware that the books protagonist, the nations 40th president, is destined to be revered as the republican partys patron saint, his very name synonymous with conservative virtue. Still recovering from trump winning, thomas mallon crafts a superbly written novel about bush 43 he says hes drawn to presidents who cast a. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
His book criticism has appeared in the boston globe, the wall street journal, the spectator, and the american conservative. May 20, 2007 thomas mallons appealing seventh novel opens in 1991 at the newly established american embassy in tallinn, estonia, where fuller, at 66, is the deputy chief of mission. In watergate, you were comfortable leaping directly into richard nixons head. Thomas mallon, editor, is the author of ten novels, including landfall, watergate, and finale, and seven books of nonfiction. Mccauley, 1 book joan wester anderson, 1 book marlene halpin, 1 book david m.
Join facebook to connect with thomas mallon and others you may know. A novel of the reagan years and millions of other books are available for. This is perhaps as good a place as any to repeat what i said in a note to a previous novel. Thomas mallon is the author of nine novels, including henry and clara, dewey defeats truman, fellow travelers, and watergate. Summer 1997, although of course many further titles are available from the usa. Thomas mallon first became a published author with the release of his first full length fiction novel in 1988. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for thomas mallon.
Thomas mallon is the author of ten novels, including henry and clara, dewey defeats truman, fellow travelers, and watergate. Thomas mallon is the author most recently of landfall, the third novel in his washington trilogy about nixon, reagan, and george w. Buy watergate by thomas mallon from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books. Thomas mallon, one of the few serious novelists to set his books in washington, d. Hes been involved in the music scene in and around san francisco for nearly 35 years. Watergate by thomas mallon the no charge book bunch. Apr 08, 2012 well, thomas mallons watergate is certainly a readable novel. Bush, a period marked by the twin disasters of violenceplagued, postinvasion iraq.
Thomas mallon phone, address, background info whitepages. Crashing henry viiis court one last time with hilary. The letter was signed by more than 150 authors, including novelist christopher buckley thank you for smoking, whose father was conservative thinker william f. Fellow travelers is a book set in the world of politics without being a political book. The oval office book club our presidents ranked not by their political achievements but by their literary chops. Thomas mallon has written a number of those novelshenry and clara, two moons, dewey defeats truman, bandbox, fellow travelers, and now watergate. An interview with thomas mallon thomas mallon, one of the few serious novelists to set his books in washington, d. Thomas mallon s 10th novel, landfall, is a detailed account of george w. In this extraordinary novel, thomas mallon takes us to the tense, highstakes mont. I realized very early on in my research that i was just not going to be able to inhabit reagans head. Thomas mallon on the fact and fiction of watergate the. The book, which weaves historical events with fictional scenes, spans the tumultuous second term of george w. I have operated along the always sliding scale of historical fiction.
Since then, he has gone on to write several more fictional books as well as a few nonfiction books too. Rose mary woods the presidents secretary who famously erased 18 12 minutes of incriminating taped recordings. Conservative bestseller list conservative book club. Paines garage, which was released in vintage trade paperback on feb. One real pleasure of this book is its ability to convey, through snippets of diaries, the rich diversity of style which is possible in writing about ones own life and times. He is much honored for his writing and was elected to the american academy of arts and sciences in 2012. Thomas mallons books include the novels two moons and aurora 7, as well as rockets and rodeos, a collection of essays. Still recovering from trump winning, thomas mallon crafts. Watergate by thomas mallon pantheon books indeed, despite the countryshaking events constantly breaking in the background, this remains a novel of conversation and introspection, the dark.
Mallon achieves with watergate a scope and historical intimacy that surpasses even what he attained in his previous novels, and turns a thirdrate burglary into a tumultuous, firstrate entertainment. The washington post, san francisco chronicle, the daily beast, the miami herald, st. Our weekly conservative bestseller list tells you whats hot, whats rising, and whats got staying power in the world of conservative books. A frequent contributor to the atlantic monthly, the new yorker, and other magazines, and the director of the creative writing program at george washington. Author thomas mallon on the mystery of ronald reagan. But reagan is very much at a distance in this book. Id love to know if pat nixon really might have has a lover. Any comments or suggestions are very welcome and will be taken into account in another edition. Thomas mallon is currently considered a single author. Thomas mallon s ten books of fiction include henry and clara, fellow travelers, watergate a finalist for the penfaulkner award, finale and the justpublished landfall. Thomas mallons landfall imagines the goingson inside the bush white house. Buy thomas mallon ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Political science conservatism portrayals novelists criticism and interpretation presidents presidents government.
A new opera illuminates the lavender scare, a littleexplored era in gay history. He has been the literary editor of gq and the deputy chairman of the. His second full length book was titled aurora 7 and came out in 1991. Thomas mallon is a novelist, critic and director of the creative writing program at the george washington university.
Author thomas mallon, whose new book is landfall, about the george. Bush yearsamidst the twin catastrophes of the iraq insurgency and hurricane katrina landfall takes thomas mallons modern political trilogy, which began with watergate 2012 and continued through finale 2015, to a vivid and emotional climax. Thomas mallon, author of eight wellregarded novels and seven works of nonfiction, has written the first significant historical fiction novel centered in the scandal that forced richard nixon to. He was, in fact, a kind of historical novelist, whose books can now be read only through a double glazing of time. Are you fed up with politicallycorrect bestseller lists. Watergate by thomas mallon 9780307474650 boomerang books. Tom mallon is a recording studio owner, engineer and rock dilettante. However, thomas mallon s fellow travelers has made me rethink my position as maybe being too hastily dismissive. Save reagan himself, all the characters in the novel. Thomas mallon is the author of a number of novels including henry and clara, deweydefeats truman, two moons.
Thomas mallon is an author with videos in the cspan video library. Deceptive cadence fellow travelers is based on thomas mallon s historical novel of. George mcgoverns campaign to castroand its aftermath. Mallon is a frequent contributor to the new yorker and the new york times. Thomas mallon has masterfully appropriated a jubilant legend and famous headline of modern american history harry trumans upset victory over thomas e. Bestselling author thomas mallons books on jfk, bush 43. View the profiles of professionals named thomas mallon on linkedin. Louis postdispatchbefore there was reagan the conservative icon, there was reagan the president. Thomas mallon is the author of nine novels, including henry and clara, dewey. Paines garage, as well as two books of essays rockets and rodeos.
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