{"product_id":"11-22-63-novel-king-stephen-1451627297","title":"11\/22\/63 by Stephen King","description":"\u003ch1\u003e11\/22\/63: A Novel by Stephen King\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAccolades\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTop 10 Best Books: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner \u003c\/strong\u003eof the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNow a \u003cstrong\u003eminiseries on Hulu \u003c\/strong\u003estarring James Franco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn November 22, 1963, Three Shots Rang Out in Dallas, President Kennedy Died, And The World Changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if you could change it back?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation \u003cstrong\u003emore imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer—\u003c\/strong\u003etakes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-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 fifty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—\u003cstrong\u003eto prevent the Kennedy assassination.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime-travel has never been so believable. \u003cstrong\u003eOr so terrifying.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author: Stephen King\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Edwin King, born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine, is a highly acclaimed and prolific American author known for his horror, supernatural fiction, and suspense novels. He is often referred to as \u003cstrong\u003e\"The King\"\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003e\"The King of Horror\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. King's books have \u003cstrong\u003esold over 350 million copies worldwide\u003c\/strong\u003e and many of his works have been adapted into successful films and television series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEarly Life and Career:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKing grew up in Maine with his mother after his parents separated when he was a toddler. He attended the University of Maine, where he wrote for the school newspaper and met his future wife, Tabitha Spruce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter graduating, he taught high school English while continuing to write short stories.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis first novel, \u003cem\u003eCarrie\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1974, launching his career as a horror author.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLiterary Works:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing has \u003cstrong\u003ewritten over fifty novels,\u003c\/strong\u003e two hundred short stories, and nine collections of short fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis works include \u003cem\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dead Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIt\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe also wrote under the \u003cstrong\u003epseudonym Richard Bachman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany of his novels and short stories have been adapted into films, including \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Green Mile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1408\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePersonal Life:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing is married to Tabitha Spruce and they have three children: Naomi, Joe, and Owen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe is also a philanthropist, supporting education and community programs through his foundation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing has battled drug addiction in the past, but he has overcome it and is now a recovered addict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50282595582267,"sku":"1451627297","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/23096833482704.jpg?v=1746893120","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/11-22-63-novel-king-stephen-1451627297","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}