Libra by Don DeLillo

In this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped.

This book was chosen on the theme of corruption.

Each month we choose a book based on a theme. Please bring along your selection the list by Anthony Burgess of Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice which can be found here -[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-nine_Novels ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-nine_Novels) Once chosen this will be our book for September.