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by Don Delillo (Author)
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  • Paperback: 456 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (3 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140127119
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140127119
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing, 18 May 2000
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Another superb read from perhaps the greatest American writer of his geneartion. Unlike many novels concerning JFK/LHO DeLillo's attempt details event from two different angles. The first which explores Lee Harvey Oswald's life is well 'fleshed out' by the authors dazzling creativity and is, in my view, the more interesting of the pair. The other more convetnional plot sees the infamous conspiracy to assasinate the young president unfold. Such is the quality of the authors delivery and characterisation, by the end we are left sypathising with Lee Harvey Oswald, one of the most notorious men of the twentieth century. On the whole I'd recommend this novel to anyone who has enjoy DeLillo previously or anyone with a general interest in the recent history of the U.S.A.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A mesmerising novel, 27 Feb 2004
This review is from: Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) (Paperback)
'Libra' is absolutely brilliant. Simply by the biography of Lee Oswald it is gripping and intense, but combined with the infamous conspiracies in which he may (or may not) have been involved, the probing descriptions of the agents, Oswald's wife and his mother it is a masterful novel.
You're constantly wondering what is fact and fiction, a device that is as clever as it is easy to employ on such a subject; The entire enigma of JFK's assassination is tightly woven into American fabric thirty one years on.
Delillo has created something powerful and moving with 'Libra' and I can't recommend it enough. It is a daunting trip into an incomprehenisble time in American history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best American novel in ages, 3 Jun 1999
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This book is a masterpiece. Read it. It is the most chilling, precise, well observed, magnificently written book about America I've ever read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A piece of history worth treasuring...
I had to read 'Libra' for my university module on Contemporary American Fiction. I have to say I was impressed. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2007 by J. Westgarth

5.0 out of 5 stars 1988's Oswald-themed novel
DeLillo's breakthrough novel was 'White Noise', its follow-up 'Libra' was another classic and one of his key works alongside 'White Noise' and... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2006 by Jason Parkes

5.0 out of 5 stars DeLillo at his best
The way the author links up the life of Lee Harvey Oswald (the Libra of the title) with the multiple and convoluted conspiracies to stage an assassination attempt is completely... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2005 by Adam Kelly

2.0 out of 5 stars short.sharp.dull.sentences.
Want to get into Delillo,because heard so much about him,and an excerpt of `Cosmopolis` impressed. But I couldn`t get past the style of `Libra`; short,sharp,dull sentences;... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent plot built around the JFK assassination
This is DeLillo at his most complex and best. Branch's task (to write a secret history of the assassination) perfectly sums up postmodern thought as expresed by Baudrillard in... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2001 by mmh9@hotmail.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but some loose threads . . .
Like most of the reviewers, I loved Libra. However, I had a nagging feeling that the last forty or so pages were not as "tight" and solid as the rest of the book... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars There is a world inside the world
I put off reading this novel for years despite rave reviews from several literarily astute friends. I simply did not want to read a novel about Lee Harvey Oswald. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of Most Favorite Books
To say this book is about the assasination of JFK is to miss the point of the book. JFK's death is merely a pallette for an absolutely brillant work. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A new look at an old story
This book put a fascinating spin on the JFK assassination. Seeing the life of Lee H. Oswald from his own point of view really gives you a different sense on who the victims were... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful
Don Dellilo with Libra claims the title of the modern master of the Hemmingway iceberg -- a plot that pokes out of the surface of the water, leaving the reader to imagine the... Read more
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