A review by bobbo49
Libra by Don DeLillo

4.0

DeLillo's fictionalized account of the life of Lee Harvey Oswald mixes in enough reality to intrigue even readers of a certain age (i.e., those of us who were conscious on November 22, 1963), and as always his writing propels the story forward. Since dad was the head of TSD during that period (see the book Spycraft) when poison cigars and such were being sent to Castro, the notion that rogue elements of the government might have been unhappy enough with Kennedy's Cuba policy to formulate a faked assassination attempt by Cubans is certainly plausible, and DeLillo pulls in enough of the known details (even in 1991, when this was written) about Oswald, Ruby and other real figures to make the story work . . . except maybe for the second shooter on the grassy knoll . . . Whatever your views about a conspiracy, this is a good insight into Oswald's life and character.