Libra

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Libra is a novel by Don DeLillo that offers a fictionalized exploration of the events and conspiracies surrounding the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
associatedWithEvent assassination of John F. Kennedy
author Don DeLillo
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed
explores construction of historical narrative
relationship between individuals and large systems
featuresCharacter CIA operatives
FBI agents
Lee Harvey Oswald
organized crime figures
genre conspiracy fiction
historical fiction
political fiction
hasForm prose
hasPerspective multiple viewpoints
hasTheme assassination
conspiracy
fate and chance
intelligence agencies
media and representation of history
surveillance
includedIn Don DeLillo bibliography
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainSubject Lee Harvey Oswald
assassination of John F. Kennedy
political conspiracy
mediaType print
narrativeForm fictionalized account of historical events
narrativeStructure nonlinear
notableFor blend of fact and fiction
complex portrayal of JFK assassination conspiracies
originalLanguage English
originalPublisher The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
protagonist Lee Harvey Oswald
publicationDate 1988
publisher The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
setInLocation Dallas, Texas
New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

Soviet Union
setInPeriod Cold War
timeSpanCovered aftermath of the assassination
pre-assassination events
titleReference astrological sign Libra

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Don DeLillo notableWork Libra
Mao II precededBy Libra