The Hellfire Club | Jake Tapper | Talks at Google
76Jake Tapper, anchor of CNN's The Lead and State of the Union visits Google Cambridge to discuss his new New York Times bestselling novel The Hellfire Club, set in 1950s Washington D.C., and the parallels between McCarthy-era and modern-day politics.
The Hellfire Club tells the story of Charlie Marder, a World War II veteran who travels to DC in 1954 to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives. While trying to make his mark on Congress, Charlie struggles to navigate a political terrain beset by corruption, demagoguery, racial tension, and gun violence. In the midst of uncovering environmental malfeasance perpetrated by a chemical company, he finds himself the key suspect in a suspicious vehicular homicide.
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Moderated by Sanders Kleinfeld.