Stephen King 11 22 63 Book Review

His newest effort though has loftier.

Stephen king 11 22 63 book review. His novel 11 22 63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the new york times book review and won the los angeles times book prize for mystery thriller. In all of stephen king s work there is an admixture of the ordinary and the supernatural call it the weird quotidian. Kennedy assassination with an epigraph from norman mailer s oswald s tale it is virtually. In 11 22 63 king has written a splendid combination of dark fantasy hold your breath thriller and sweetly moving romance.

There s no horror here aside from a couple of mild gross out. Reviewed in the united kingdom on october 15 2018. The star ledger newark victoria truslow the overwhelming impression. Stephen king does a magnificent job of setting the scene of the times and his excellent characters carry out the rest of the story.

A book impeccably researched but lazily put together. In his new novel 11 22 63 it is a rabbit hole into the past that pops up. If you re avoiding it because you think stephen king only writes horror please reconsider. His newest effort though has loftier ambitions.

Don t miss this excellent book. Stephen king opens his novel 11 22 63 billed as an alternate universe reimagining of the john f. In 11 22 63 jake epping a schoolteacher in maine a childhood reference point as recurrent in king s fiction as new jersey in philip roth s is summoned by the owner of al s diner a local. 11 22 63 by stephen king release date.

11 22 63 stephen king could probably turn a book about paint drying into a bestseller. 11 22 63 takes the reader back to one of the most important times in american history. 1 2011 king under the dome 2009 etc adds counterfactual historian to his list of occupations.