![]() ![]() If you’re going to like DeLillo, this is the book that will make it happen. Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler Studies, struggles with information overload, simulated disasters, an “airborne toxic event,” the most photographed barn in America, and a drug that neutralizes the fear of death. But that’s not why this is his masterpiece: The cipherlike figure of Lee Harvey Oswald, who sits squarely at the heart of Libra, is DeLillo’s greatest character.ĭeLillo’s breakthrough success, arguably still his quintessential masterpiece, and the funniest and most sustained example of his talent. It allowed him to tackle the same themes as the more encyclopedic Underworld on a smaller, more focused scale. ![]() The Kennedy assassination, with its conspiracy theories, paranoia, Cold War overtones, and all-American mythology, was made for Don DeLillo. ![]()
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