The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victi…

Don DeLillo
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The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now. ✨ Don DeLillo (1991). Libra, p.346, Penguin
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