Libra

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. In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswaldas odyssey from a troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. In his new introduction, DeLillo reexamines the evidence surrounding Oswaldas role in the assassination as well as Oswaldas place in popular culture. BACKCOVER: Now with a new introduction by the authoraaa thriller of the most profound sorta
a"Chicago Tribune"
a"Libra" operates at a dizzyingly high level of intensity throughout; itas that true fictional rarityaa novel of admirable depth and relevance thatas also a terrific page-turner.a
a"USA Today"
aDeLilloas novel is like a stop-motion frame of the crossfire, a still picture of an awful moment.... His] prose has a quality of demented lyricism.a
a"The New Yorker"