Catching up...

[Jay Herzog]

I agree with Rich. If you find DeLillo affected, try 'Libra'. It's the
only one of his books that I really made an emotional connection with.
Maybe the fact that he was writing about actual people forced him to
dig deeper psychologically.

J.

On 8/24/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Generally, that's true in DeLillo's books but Libra is the least "affected"
> in that sense. Oswald's depiction is quite human--he's creepy, but I believe
> DeLillo is able to take a nobody, a cypher, and project him onto the average
> American psyche, feelings of inadequacy, persecution, rage, naivete, etc.
>
> p.s. Libra also includes a truer portrait of Oswald's mother--a very damaged
> soul but hard not to sympathize
>
> Rich


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