Libra

Title: Libra
Author: Don Delillo
Fiction: 1693495
ISBN: 9780140156041
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reissue
Section: Fiction | Literary
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don Delillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped.

A gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, " Libra" is a grave, haunting, and brilliant examination of an event that has become an indelible part of the American psyche.