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Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery
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| Title | Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery |
| ASIN | 0345404378 -
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| Category | Biography |
| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Modified | Craverguy - September 28, 2009 01:18am |
| Description | "Mailer's latest book pulls readers back into the JFK assassination mess, but even those most opposed to yet another airing of that topic will quickly surrender to the pull of Mailer's compelling account. Mailer spent six months in Minsk, Russia, investigating the more than two years Oswald spent in that city after he decided in 1959 to forsake the U.S. and become a Soviet citizen. Mailer reveals the KGB's unease with Oswald. Was he a spy? That question compelled them to follow his movements the entire time he resided in the Soviet Union. With a Russian wife in tow, Oswald returned to the U.S. but remained critical of his homeland. With a novelist's interest in motivation and an eye for telling and colorful detail, Mailer follows Oswald to Dallas, where he addresses the eternal JFK assassination question: Did Oswald work alone or as a part of a conspiracy? While Mailer weighs in on the side of the lone-gunman theory, the real thrust of his magnificent book is the insight we gain into a complex man. Simply put, we understand Oswald more now than we ever did before." -Booklist |
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