{"product_id":"libra-paperback","title":"Libra - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Delillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the National Book Award) and \u003ci\u003eThe Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, an eerily convincing fictional speculation on the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When \"history\" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, \u003ci\u003eLibra\u003c\/i\u003e is a grave, haunting, and brilliant examination of an event that has become an indelible part of the American psyche.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon DeLillo\u003c\/b\u003e published his first short story when he was twenty-three years old. He has since written twelve novels, including \u003cb\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/b\u003e (1985) which won the National Book Award. It was followed by \u003cb\u003eLibra\u003c\/b\u003e (1988), his novel about the assassination of President Kennedy, and by \u003cb\u003eMao II\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1997, he published the bestselling \u003cb\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/b\u003e, and in 1999 he was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, given to a writer whose work expresses the theme of the freedom of the individual in society; he was the first American author to receive it. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 7.73 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724679483455,"sku":"9780140156041","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0467cbfe21ef6552994ab358d3d1853d.webp?v=1765103528","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/libra-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}