7/6/2023 0 Comments 11 22 63 book review![]() That’s when Al drops the bomb on him: for the past four years, he’s been living in the hole, trying to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from killing President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Only two minutes have passed in the real world - only two minutes ever pass in the real world, no matter how long someone stays down the rabbit hole. Jake takes a quick trip, enjoys a root beer, and then returns to Al’s diner. Al knows he’s in the end stages of cancer, but he doesn’t want to die before showing Jake the secret of his diner: a rabbit hole in his stockroom that leads to September 9, 1958. ![]() In 2011, high school English teacher (and all-around tall dude) Jake Epping is contacted by his friend, diner owner Al Templeton. Which is exactly what Stephen King’s latest novel, 11/22/63, is all about.ġ1/22/63 takes place in both 2011 and the late 50s/early 60s. There’s really no way to know what would’ve happened, other than via alternate historical fiction. Perhaps the Cold War would’ve escalated into a full-blown nuclear conflict between the U.S. Perhaps the Civil Rights movement might have unfolded differently. Had he not been shot in Dallas on that day, perhaps Vietnam might not have happened, or at least been smaller in scope. ![]() ![]() It led to Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, and possibly a prolonged Cold War *. I think most people can agree that the assassination of JFK on Novemwas a watershed event in human history. ![]()
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