id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7229 Libra (novel) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2223 218 67 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. DeLillo has stated that Libra is not a nonfiction novel due to its inclusion of fictional characters and speculative plot elements.[5] Nevertheless, the broad outline of Oswald's life, including his teenage years in New York City, his military service, his use of the alias "Hidell,"[6] and his defection to the Soviet Union are all historically accurate. [...] That Mr. DeLillo has been able to make his readers see the story the same way that finally we're interested less in the physical events of the assassination than in the pitiable and stumbling spirit underlying them proves 'Libra' to be a triumph."[8] A Publishers Weekly reviewer wrote, "The novel bears dissection on many levels, but is, taken whole, a seamless, brilliant work of compelling fiction. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7229.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7229.txt