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Libra by Don DeLillo

Poisoner In Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer

The Ghost by Robert Harris

September 5, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Recently, I read three different books featuring CIA chicanery (two were fictional). This was unintentional but I figured since the themes were similar, I’d just batch review them rather than do individual ones. Libra***** This was a re-read. I liked it the first time. I loved it now that I: a. had a better since of the Oswald timeline after reading Posner’s Case Closed and b. could appreciate the meta-narrative structure in a way I couldn’t before. This is the only DeLillo book I can really […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #history, Britain, CIA, Don DeLillo, espionage, historical fiction, JFK assassination, lee harvey oswald, Libra, poison, Poisoner in Chief, politics, postmodern, reread, Robert Harris, Sidney Gottlieb, Stephen Kinzer, The Ghost, thriller, true crime

Jake's CBR16 Review No:132 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #history, Britain, CIA, Don DeLillo, espionage, historical fiction, JFK assassination, lee harvey oswald, Libra, poison, Poisoner in Chief, politics, postmodern, reread, Robert Harris, Sidney Gottlieb, Stephen Kinzer, The Ghost, thriller, true crime ·
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Libra by Don DeLillo

July 16, 2019 by Jake 1 Comment

Read as part of CBR11 Bingo: Birthday. Lee Harvey Oswald’s birthday was October 18 (making him a libra, hence the title!). Two things are common with both mass shooters and high profile assassins: 1. They are almost always male. 2. They almost always have some sort of personality disorder which makes it difficult for them to fit into polite society. Fringe groups prey on these kinds of people. They suck their soul to the marrow, leave nothing left, and abandon them when their presence becomes an inconvenience. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Don DeLillo, historical fiction, jfk, lee harvey oswald, Libra

Jake's CBR11 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Don DeLillo, historical fiction, jfk, lee harvey oswald, Libra ·
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