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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780140156041 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
The
Kennedy assassination is front and center in Libra, Don DeLillo's
fictionalized biography of Lee Harvey Oswald. There isn't a German loan word
big enough to fully describe Delillo's talent. Using basically the same cast of
characters that James Ellroy
does in The Cold Six Thousand, DeLillo comes to eerily similar and equally frightening conclusions. Both
put a fresh slant on a stale subject and both delve into the larger forces which
collude to make history. Its great to have two of my favorite writers tackle
the same subject.
Recommended by John McMahon
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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.
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Christopher D Himes, October 7, 2008 (view all comments by Christopher D Himes)
A thoroughly gripping historical fiction. Delillo has pumped this overdone subject with fresh characters and a plot that seems much more plausible than any others I've encountered. Even though you know how it's going to end it keeps you on the edge of your reading chair waiting to see how it will all come together.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780140156041
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Author:
- Location:
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Subject:
- Presidents
- Subject:
- Historical fiction
- Subject:
- Assassins
- Subject:
- Biographical fiction
- Subject:
- Assassins -- United States -- Fiction.
- Subject:
- Literary
- Publication Date:
- May 1991
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 480
- Dimensions:
- 7.74x5.06x.85 in. .69 lbs.











