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false <![CDATA[Libra]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179002208m/864318.jpg 400 29 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 Oswald's 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 Oswald's role in the assassination as well as Oswald's place in popular culture. BACKCOVER: Now with a new introduction by the authora thriller of the most profound sort Chicago Tribune Libra operates at a dizzyingly high level of intensity throughout; it's that true fictional raritya novel of admirable depth and relevance that's also a terrific page-turner. USA Today DeLillo's 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. The New Yorker 1011400 1985 Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) total:1861|5:533|4:782|3:418|2:104|1:24| 1861 7279 2713 145 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 17:01:02 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 05:12:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 00:02:13 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 01:31:14 -0700 2007
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