Mailer reconstructs the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, whose claim to fame is having killed John F. Kennedy. Includes a full account of his years in Minsk, his disastrous childhood, his years in the Marines, and the events leading from his return to the US in 1961 to his death in Dallas in 1963. Much information is drawn from interviews with Oswald's former friends and sweethearts in Russia and exclusive access to KGB sources. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc. , Portland, Or.