num_pages: 464
description: A factional reconstruction of the events leading up to John Kennedy's assassination. The antihero of the book is, of course, Lee Harvey Oswald, who is as hauntingly real in this book as he was elusive in real life.
language: English
title: Libra
titlecomplete: Libra
characters: John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald
genres: Fiction, The United States Of America, Contemporary, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, American, Politics
ratings_count: 17052
places: New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana, Texas
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