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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 (69,233 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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this has been the best story I have ever heard!

the story is fantastic, the narration is impeccable, and it engages you the entire time!

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Beautiful harmony

Story was told as if I WAS George(Jake) Amberson. Da da de da. Oh Sadie

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Another amazing adventure by Stephen King

This was an absolute treasure to listen to. Narrator was excellent. I loved it.

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Loved it!

What more can I say? I loved it and enjoyed the "what if" rabbit hole journey.

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One of my new favorite novels!

I really enjoyed this book! I purchased it as something to pass my time on my drives to work, and I found myself pleasantly surprised. For something I thought I was going to passively listen to for a month or so, I ended up getting a deeply involved with the story. The characters and setting are so well written it's easy to get lost and emotionally invested in the plot. I lived with this book for the greater part of five weeks, and I'm sad to see it end. It truly is a journey and you will be glad for every step love it. This if my first Stephen King novel, and I can't wait to devour more of his works. I recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of his novels, movies based off his stories, history buffs, or anyone looking for a large expanse of journey of a novel that will keep you hooked until the very end.

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Fantastic

Great and memorable narrator. Would suggest reading IT before beginning this in order to accomplish true depth of understanding. Enjoyable and thought-provoking.

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Engrossing and only mildly political

I feared this would be a political novel but on the contrary, it was a wondrous mix of light science fiction/concepts of time travel and frankly, a love story. Characters were rich, and richly portrayed in an engaging performance. It brought both tears and laughing out loud. I usually refrain from hyperbole but I have to express superlatives when commenting on this story. I had great difficulty putting my audible on pause to do anything else during this story.

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Not "normal" King, but fascinating!

The only thing I didn't like about this book was the ending, but I don't know how else it could have ended. It is such a complex story, but told so well. I almost didn't read this book because I was afraid it would be too history heavy when I was looking for a good story, but 11-22-63 did not disappoint!

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Very interesting. Did not want to stop listening.

I hated when I had to stop listening. how it made me want to be back in the past. his description is so good and I could just imagine what the character went through. I'm interested to see this on screen.

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Outstanding!

Love the ability of time travel.But having changed the past has monumental effects on the future very good and some times very very bad.
I was taken by the love story that was Sadie. The love of your life was within the past of undoing the JFK assassination .

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