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Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi
5.0
Where has [a:Vincent Bugliosi|28828|Vincent Bugliosi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1299068352p2/28828.jpg] been all my life? I remember, when I was younger my cousin, who was into true crime books, read [b:Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders|105992|Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders|Vincent Bugliosi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347694754l/105992._SY75_.jpg|1077715] while I looked at him thinking “Why would anyone want to read a book about something as horrible as that?”. Of course I was very young and really only cared about space and action/adventure fiction. The vagaries of real life were something I had no inking about. Fast forward 50 years and I was watching the movie Parkland which is based on Mr Bugliosi’s book [b:Reclaiming History – The Assassination of John F Kennedy|203795|Reclaiming History – The Assassination of John F Kennedy|Vincent Bugliosi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348320144l/203795._SX50_.jpg|1277509] of which [b:Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy|7737296|Four Days in November The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy|Vincent Bugliosi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1355827142l/7737296._SX50_.jpg|10534684] is an (extensive) excerpt. I am such a Bugliosi fan now. Let me explain:
1. The deepest setting I’ve ever read in anything
2. He makes no apology for including as many details as he can to ensure the reader is firmly anchored to the event.
3. Characters! There are a million people who come in and out of the narrative; they are all important, and all have their part to play. Wow.
4. The book covers the pain of the Kennedy family as well as the pain of the Oswald family. Lee Harvey Oswald may have assassinated the President, but he was still a husband, son, and brother to his family who suddenly found themselves thrust into a spotlight not of their choosing.
For those of us who remember that day or the events surrounding it (and I was under 5 at the time) this opens up a portal into 1963 that is the best I’ve ever encountered.
Kudos to Mr Bugliosi for an unbelievable book. My recommendation: watch Parkland and then read Four Days in November. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
I guess it’s time to read [b:Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders|105992|Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders|Vincent Bugliosi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347694754l/105992._SY75_.jpg|1077715]…
1. The deepest setting I’ve ever read in anything
2. He makes no apology for including as many details as he can to ensure the reader is firmly anchored to the event.
3. Characters! There are a million people who come in and out of the narrative; they are all important, and all have their part to play. Wow.
4. The book covers the pain of the Kennedy family as well as the pain of the Oswald family. Lee Harvey Oswald may have assassinated the President, but he was still a husband, son, and brother to his family who suddenly found themselves thrust into a spotlight not of their choosing.
For those of us who remember that day or the events surrounding it (and I was under 5 at the time) this opens up a portal into 1963 that is the best I’ve ever encountered.
Kudos to Mr Bugliosi for an unbelievable book. My recommendation: watch Parkland and then read Four Days in November. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
I guess it’s time to read [b:Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders|105992|Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders|Vincent Bugliosi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347694754l/105992._SY75_.jpg|1077715]…