by David Talbot
First published 2007
On November 22, 1963, Robert Kennedy receives the devastating news from Dallas. His brother the President is dead. But Bobby refuses to accept the official story. He suspects the assassination connects to the shadowy world of CIA operatives, mobsters, and Cuban exiles who had been plotting against Castro. These same forces had repeatedly clashed with the Kennedy administration over Cuba policy. The President and his brother had fought their own national security establishment, blocking the military hawks who wanted confrontation with the Soviet Union. Now Bobby begins a secret investigation into who really killed his brother. His dangerous quest leads him through the underground networks of South Florida, where anti-Castro conspiracies flourished beyond White House control. Bobby's search consumes him even as he launches his own presidential campaign in 1968. The same enemies who destroyed Jack may be closing in on him too. David Talbot reveals how the Kennedy brothers battled the Cold War establishment and paid the ultimate price.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, crime, biography-memoir, political-thriller, american-history
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, family-drama, government-corruption, investigation, political-intrigue
Setting: Cuba, Dallas, South Florida, Soviet Union
Period: 1963, 1968
494 pages · Hardcover · Free Press/Simon & Schuster (NYC)
Content warnings: death, violence