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398. JFK: The Mystery is Solved (Part 7)

December 11, 2023

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In this landmark edition of The Rest is History, Dominic and Tom reveal the astonishing solution to the mystery that has fascinated so many people for the last sixty years. In thrillingly...
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Books Referenced

Libra

Author: Don DeLillo

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Context:

The episode opens with a quote from this 1988 novel about Lee Harvey Oswald. Tom describes it as DeLillo's 'tremendous novel' that explores conspiracy theories around the Kennedy assassination, with the CIA and Cuban exiles creating a plot.

Foucault's Pendulum

Author: Umberto Eco

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Context:

Referenced as a comparison to Don DeLillo's Libra, noting that both novels deal with conspiracy theories that are constructed and then seem to become true.

11/22/63

Author: Stephen King

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Context:

Mentioned as an example of novels where people time travel to stop the Kennedy assassination. The hosts note that in this book, when Kennedy is saved, it leads to a nuclear war in 1974 as a consequence.