A high school English teacher discovers a portal to the past – specifically to September 9, 1958 – and decides that he’s going to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy. But here’s the thing – the past is stubborn. It’s obdurate. It doesn’t want to be changed and will fight back any effort to rewrite history. In typical King fashion, 11/22/63 is a brilliant and affecting novel full of heart and terror in near-equal parts.
11/22/63 by Stephen King, (List Price: $23.99, Scribner, 9781451627299, July 2012)
Reviewed by Colin Sneed, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina