An unparalleled work of historical fiction, fantastically spanning vast areas of the American popular consciousness, Don DeLillo's Libra includes an introduction by the author in the Penguin Modern Classics series. In this dynamic, chillingly convincing fiction about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles the odyssey of Lee Harvey Oswald from a troubled teenager to a man of limited stability who imagines himself as an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disillusioned CIA agents who decide that a failed attempt on JFK's life will mobilize the nation against communism, the balance is irreversibly altered.

Don DeLillo (b. 1936) was born and raised in New York. His first novel, Americana (1971), announced the arrival of a major literary talent, and the novels that followed confirmed his reputation as one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in late 20th-century American literature. His comic abilities are highlighted in White Noise (1985), which won the National Book Award, in Underworld (1997), which Martin Amis praised as "the ascent of a great writer," in Cosmopolis (2003), adapted into a film by David Cronenberg, and in Falling Man (2007), a novel about the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in New York City.

If you enjoyed Libra, you might be interested in DeLillo's Americana, also available in the Penguin Modern Classics series.

"Don DeLillo's revelatory imagination takes on the assassination of John F. Kennedy... Riveting" - Newsday

Pages: 464, Dimensions: 13.1x13.1cm