11-22-63

A Novel

De: Stephen King

Narrado por: Craig Wasson

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC FROM MASTER STORYTELLER STEPHEN KING

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE

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 readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

It begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, whose life is upended when 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 the dying 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 the world of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere and to the small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love. Every turn leads eventually 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.

His best yet

I have been a Stephen King "constant reader" since "Salem 's Lot" I will admit that, for a while, I was very disappointed with some of Mr. King's efforts ("Tommyknockers" case in point) be seemed to me that he was just going through the motions.

But with this book, as with "Under The Dome" I am quite convinced that Stephen King has reinvented himself. "11/23/63" is captivating, with well drawn characters and story line that, while we can be pretty sure how it will end up as far as history goes, what happens in between is the fascinating and engrossing aspect of this most enjoyable read. Truth be told, I have not finished it, and hope I don't anytime soon! As well, Craig Wasson is a masterful narrator, quite clearly distinguishing characters from one another, while convincing me that he is telling a personal story.

A great story by a supreme story teller.

King has a real gift for grabbing you by the ears and pulling you, eagerly, through even the longest book. This is a story very well told.

An unexpectedly wonderful experience

I'm a long time fan of Stephen King and think he's a wonderful writer, but I really didn't have much interest in this book when it came out. I mistakenly thought it was about JFK's assassination, and I don't share many people's fascination with the subject (or with JFK, for that matter). However, what I realized, when I actually looked past the title, is that it's really about the possibilities offered by time travel - the assassination may be the motivation for one of the characters and serves as a known event and point in time, but it's not really what the book is about. People have long had a kind of fascination with time travel: When would you go? What would you do? What or who would inspire you to do it? What would you change, and would it be possible? What changes would those changes bring? This novel looks at most of those questions at different times, and finds different answers, embodied in some great characters (as is typical for Stephen King). Great narration from Craig Wasson brings it all 'round to a terrific listen.

Sucked me right in ....didn't want it to end!

What made the experience of listening to 11-22-63 the most enjoyable?

Narrator was good...the writing is outstanding

What did you like best about this story?

the what if scenarios

What about Craig Wasson’s performance did you like?

captured the characters!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No ...to long. But was consumed by listening every chance I got!

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Ok , not it or the stand .

Took me a while to get into it but once I did it moved along ok . I may need to hear it agean later.