Lee Harvey Oswald never went to trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Jack Ruby killed Oswald, robbing the nation of closure. But a new novel, “The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald,” asks what might have happened if Oswald had lived to stand trial.
The courtroom drama follows prosecutors Abe Summer and Elaine Navarro as they work to bring Oswald to justice despite the efforts of Oswald’s famed attorney, Percy Foreman. All the mysteries and coincidences around the case mean a conviction doesn’t seem set in stone. William Alsup draws on his expertise as a federal judge, as well as meticulous research on this case, to base his novel on real, complicated history.