11.22.63
TheStephen Kingbook,11/22/63,has a subtle connection to the horror master ’s real life . The 2011 novel — which was adapted intoa Hulu seriesstarring James Franco in 2016 — shopping mall on a loth time traveler , high-pitched school English teacher Jake Epping . The fib follows Jake as he cash in one’s chips back in time to undertake to keep the assassination of JFK , which occurred on the titulary date of November 22 , 1963 . Jake is recruited to do so by the character Al Templeton — the proprietor of a local buffet car that contains the portal vein to the yesteryear — who was trying to track down and kill Lee Harvey Oswald , but had to give up his mission when he developed Crab .
11/22/63was the 60th overall book published by King , and his 49th novel . When the novel was published , it instantly became a bestseller , and remained onThe New York TimesBest Seller list for 16 weeks . It also proceed on to win various accolades , include the 2011Los Angeles TimesBook Prize for Best Mystery / Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel .
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King has commented on how much research had to be completed to accurately limn the former fifties and former sixties in the story . As hetold theWall Street Journal , “ I ’ve never examine to write anything like this before . It was really strange at first , like breaking in a new twain of shoes" . Indeed , the book contain elaborate historical facts , down to the Mary Leontyne Price of a pint of root beer in 1958 . Intensive research was also done on JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald ; King and longtime researcher Russ Dorr analyse old newspaper and other documents , and even visited Oswald ’s Dallas apartment construction .
11/22/63: The Book’s Subtle Connection To Stephen King’s Real Life
Likeseveral other King books,11/22/63largely takes place in part of Maine . The book has become one of many studies in how King interlink his legion works to not only each other , but to himself . In one chapter of11/22/63 , Jake make up a visit tothe town of Derry , and feels a dark there that reviewer can take is linked to the presence of “ It ” from King ’s 1986 novel , IT . While in Derry , Jake even ends up meeting Beverly Marsh and Richie Tozier , two of the principal role fromITand penis of the Losers Club .
In plus to reference to other King works,11/22/63has connections to King ’s own life . The al-Qur’an makes denotation to WKIT - FM ( 100.3 megacycle ) , a commercial FM radio station serve the Bangor area of Central Maine . The classic rock radio post is part of the Zone Corporation , a Central Maine broadcasting chemical group which is own by Stephen and Tabitha King . This simple connector just go to show how much of the author ’s work is taken from his personal experience with even the small nods and easily - lose references .
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