num_pages: 464
description: A fictional speculation on the assassination of John F Kennedy. It chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history.
language: English
title: Libra
titlecomplete: Libra
characters: Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy
genres: Fiction, American, Politics, The United States Of America, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 17055
places: Louisiana, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Irish Times International Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)