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Libra
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I think the book that got it close got it most right was a work of fiction a Libra by Don Dilo where it it really gets inside uh oswalt's head.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2011 Listen at 2:17:30 Why people recommend it
Libra is a complex historical novel by Don DeLillo that fictionalizes the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and the events leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience recorded in January 2013 featuring guest Anthony Bourdain, host Joe Rogan brought up DeLillo's work during a conversation about the various theories and media surrounding the Kennedy assassination. Rogan expressed his admiration for the novel, stating that he believed the book came closest to getting the historical reality right. He specifically emphasized that the work of fiction successfully manages to get inside the head of Lee Harvey Oswald, offering a compelling psychological portrait that factual accounts sometimes struggle to capture. Through this discussion, Rogan underscored the unique power of literary fiction to illuminate historical mysteries and human behavior in ways that purely analytical or investigative materials might not fully achieve.
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Joe Rogan I think the book that got it close got it most right was a work of fiction a Libra by Don Dilo where it it… 1
“I think the book that got it close got it most right was a work of fiction a Libra by Don Dilo where it it really gets inside uh oswalt's head”
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“um Don Dilo has hit the list I think this is maybe his fifth book uh to hit the list um after Libra and underworld and falling man”