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Oswald's Tale : An American Mystery by Mailer, Norman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Oswald's Tale : An American Mystery about?
In perhaps his most important literary feat, Norman Mailer fashions an unprecedented portrait of one of the great villains—and enigmas—in United States history. Here is Lee Harvey Oswald—his family background, troubled marriage, controversial journey to Russia, and return to an “America [waiting] for him like an angry relative whose eyes glare in the heat.” Based on KGB and FBI transcripts, government reports, letters and diaries, and Mailer’s own international research, this is an epic account of a man whose cunning, duplicity, and self-invention were both at home in and at odds with the country he forever altered.**Praise for *Oswald’s Tale*** * * “America’s largest mystery has found its greatest interpreter.”**—*The Washington Post Book World***“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance. . . . From the American master conjurer of dark and swirling purpose, a moving reflection.”**—Robert Stone, *The New York Review of Books*** * * “A narrative of tremendous energy and panache; the author at the top of his form.”**—Christopher Hitchens, *Financial Times*** * * “The performance of an author relishing the force and
Who reads Oswald's Tale : An American Mystery?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345404374
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, True Crime, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.87 / 5 (669 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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