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  • 11-22-63

  • A Novel
  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Craig Wasson
  • Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (69,213 ratings)

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11-22-63

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Craig Wasson
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back?

In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King - who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer - takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

It begins with Jake Epping, a 35-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching GED classes. He asks his students to write about an event that changed their lives, and one essay blows him away: a gruesome, harrowing story about the night more than 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a sledgehammer. Reading the essay is a watershed moment for Jake, his life - like Harry’s, like America’s in 1963 - turning on a dime.

Not much later his friend Al, who owns the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958. And Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession - to prevent the Kennedy assassination.

So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson, in a different world - of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere. From the dank little city of Derry, Maine (where there’s Dunning business to conduct), to the warmhearted small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love, every turn is leading, eventually of course, to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas, where the past becomes heart-stoppingly suspenseful - and where history might not be history anymore. Time-travel has never been so believable. Or so terrifying.

©2011 Stephen King. All Rights Reserved. (P)2011 Simon & Schuster, Inc

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Editor's Pick: Best of the Decade

A nostalgic trip
"Stephen King’s 11.22.63 is a technicolor romp to the past where the root beer tastes better, cars have more class, and listeners are warned to beware the yellow card man. I was not alive in 1963, but after spending 30+ hours listening to narrator Craig Wasson bring these fictional (and real) characters brilliantly to life, I feel like while I didn’t live there, I’ve at least visited for a long weekend. Blending time travel, history, a little romance, and political intrigue, this is an oddly feel-good tale—odd because it's about assassination and comes from the king of horror. The thing is that King also just happens to be a masterful storyteller whose best work of the decade will warm your heart more than scare the hell out of you." — Tricia F., Audible Editor

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Solid believable characters and scenery. The author obviously did an incredible amount of research and provided an entertaining story that moved well and smoothly. He made fantasy believeable

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The best Stephen King story ever!! Loved it held my interest and anticipation every moment

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The narrator was amazing. The book is outstanding. I would recommend this to everybody. Enjoyed

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one of the best books I've listened to in a long time. I highly recommend

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Not your typical King

Loved it but quite a bit different than the usual King. The ending is spectacular!! I had no idea how he was going to wrap it up, but the way he did was perfect! This was a real "ear turner" for both my daughter and I.

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Great story. Incredible narration

I don’t usually rate books or narrators but I felt compelled to write this one. I found the book fascinating.
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you could go back in time and change an important event?
What would change? What would the consequences be? This book asks those questions and gives some interesting answers.
Craig Wasson is absolutely enthralling in his narration!!his range of character voices is nothing short of amazing. You could always tell who was speaking. Every character had a distinct voice and/or accent. Overall extremely well done

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Great

I watched the television adaptation of this story as it was coming out. It was a great show. I recently took a desk job, and got into audio books. This is the first one I completed, most audiobooks have horrible narrators. although people have talked badly about this gentleman, I think he did phenomenal. With on exception, when he does Sadie's southern accent it's hilarious. He makes me want to picture her as a really old frail woman.

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Good Story

Like how King draws the reader in.
Not my favorite King story but enjoyed it.

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Amazing story

I have never listened to Stephen King's books because I don't like horror stories. I knew he was a good writer but I did not realize how good a writer until I listened to this book. Not only was this an amazing story but it was so very well written. I grieved for Jake and Sadie.

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fabulous

Took you back to a time where things were simple and still bad things happen.

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