Since its initial publication, this book has aged well. The author's time with Marina Oswald yielded one of the most important 'assassination' books ever written. Young Lee and his wife 'come to life' in this wonderful book. They are real people living real lives. Lee Harvey Oswald need not be the man-of-mystery that conspiracy writers have fashioned and moulded over the last forty-odd years. He can be 'known' for those who really want to know him. McMillan did well to pull Oswald from the shadows and expose him to the light of day. The volatile chemistry between the young lovers is there for all to see. Lee, frustrated, angry and disappointed on his return to the U. S. whilst Marina is ready to embrace her new life in the West. The conflict and tensions between the two twist and creak as each feels their lives moving in opposite directions. This book doesn't offer a 'why' Lee Oswald murdered President Kennedy (and Police Officer Tippit too, of course) but it does provide the vital background against which to see and judge this frustrated young man as he careened through his brief but eventful twenty-four years and one month of life. Wonderful book. (NR KAT. 28)