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The hellfire club has the best qualities of this sort of historical fiction, which include the winking perspective of the present. I did not realize there was a shooting in congress, but it really happened. Jacob paul tapper born march 12, 1969 is an american journalist, author, and cartoonist. Cnns jake tapper comes to philly next week to read from his novel the hellfire club, set in washington in the 1950s. In hellfire club, jake tapper explores how politicians get. The first novel by the cnn anchor is about a new congressman with secrets, and it includes a parade of highprofile political cameos. Ben smith, buzzfeed cnns jake tapper proves he has the. Jake tapper talks new political thriller cnn anchor and correspondent jake tapper is known for his hardnosed interviews that seek to get at the truth of our. The hellfire club hardcover politics and prose bookstore. Its a work of historical fiction, a political thriller set in the 1950s as washington was gripped by mccarthyism. Cnns jake tapper on the hellfire club, donald trumps big. Tapper has published three nonfiction books, including the bestselling the outpost. Tapper veers into dan brown territory with the secretive club for which the book is named.
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