11/22/63 by Stephen King

On November 22^nd, 1963, the world changed as three shots we fired in Dallas, killing President J. F. Kennedy. Now imagine all of this could be stopped. Jake Epping is a high school English teacher who spends his free time grading essays and indulging in the unhealthy burgers at the local diner, owned by his friend Al. Then, it all changes when Al reveals he’s been using the portal to 1958 located in his storeroom, to purchase beef at rates from over 50 years ago. He then recruits Jake to complete his insane life’s mission, stopping the assassination of J. F. K. 

Humouring his friend, he enters the storeroom and finds himself in the era of Elvis and Martin Luther King. He starts to establish himself in the old-fashioned world with his new identity as George Amberson and begins his 6-year task of preventing the pivotal murder.

Contrasting to the various other Stephen King novels, 11/22/63 uses a bizarre method of time travel that contradicts all other conventional ideas of the science. No matter how long he spends in the past, when he returns it’s always 2 minutes from when he was last there. Using this notion, King is able to explore the age-old questions of: Can one make a difference? Can history be changed without dire consequences? Does love conquer all?

 
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: New York: Scribner, 2011

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