Libra is a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo that describes the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and his participation in a fictional CIA conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The novel blends historical fact with fictional supposition. Libra received critical acclaim and earned DeLillo the first International Fiction Prize …
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Libra is a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo that describes the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and his participation in a fictional CIA conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The novel blends historical fact with fictional supposition. Libra received critical acclaim and earned DeLillo the first International Fiction Prize sponsored by The Irish Times as well as a nomination for the 1988 National Book Award for Fiction. James Ellroy has mentioned Libra as an inspiration for his novel American Tabloid, another take on the causes of the assassination.
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Libra: with a new introduction by the author
456 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2006 by Penguin Books.
Libra
Audio cassette
English language
Published Feb. 2, 2000 by Books on Tape, Inc..
- OCLC Number:
- 43887104
Libra
456 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1998 by Lester & Orpen Dennys.
- OCLC Number:
- 225486358
Libra
Mass Market Paperback, 656 pages
French language
Published Jan. 1, 2001 by Actes Sud.
- OCLC Number:
- 46991582
Libra
456 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2006 by Penguin Books.
Libra
Hardcover
English language
Published Feb. 13, 1990 by Random House Value Publishing.
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