Now a miniseries from Hulu starring James Franco Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize As a longtime Stephen King fan, I believe this is one of his best.One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review He stated he began this book in 1972 but was unable to find the time then for the extensive research he needed. “11/11/63” is like no other story he has ever written, although it has his same easy storytelling style. King writes with the same suspenseful urgency as he does with his horror stories. from assassination? Will it stop the race riots? Will it stop Vietnam? Will Jake manage to prevent Oswald from shooting Kennedy? If he does, will it change the course of history? If he saves Kennedy, will it also save Kennedy's brother and Martin Luther King Jr. Was there a conspiracy, or did Oswald act alone? He cannot kill Oswald without first knowing whether he was the responsible party. He wants to find proof that Oswald acted alone. During those years, he falls for the new school librarian, Sadie Dunhill, who is the love of his life.Īs 11/22/63 draws near, Jake finds obstacles to his plan. He moves to the small down of Jodi, Texas, where he teaches high school and keeps track of Oswald's whereabouts. Jake becomes George Amberson, an identity Al provided for him. He turns on the car radio and hears the Everly Brothers. He buys a 1954 Ford Sunliner convertible, and laughs when he finds that the dimmer switch for the headlights is on the floor. Milk is delivered in glass bottles, left on his porch.

King gives accurate details from the late '50s and early '60s. 22, 1963, when he hopes to stop Oswald from killing Kennedy. When this succeeds, he steps back through the portal and is instantly transported to 11:58 a.m., Sept. Jake does a test run, to go back and prevent Dunning's father from killing the rest of his family. He has taken extensive notes from his time travel and knows where assassin Lee Harvey Oswald will be at any given time. Al is dying and persuades Jake to complete his mission. He has been returning to “Ago Time” for years, obsessed with preventing John F. Later, Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, shares a secret: His storeroom is a portal to 1958. Harry's leg was smashed, leaving him with a limp. It is about a time 50 years earlier, when Harry Dunning's father came home and killed his mother, his sister and his brother with a sledgehammer. He asked the students to write about an event that changed their lives. It begins in 2011, when Jake Epping, 35, an English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, reads an essay written by one of his adult GED students. In “11/22/63” (Scribner, $35), the premise is time travel. If you read Stephen King, you know you have to accept whatever unlikely premise he comes up with in order to get on with the story.

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