description: In his ninth novel, DeLillo (White Noise) gives the American psyche what it has been awaiting for 25 years--an eerily convincing fictional speculation on the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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: 17057
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: Viking Books