11/22/63 by Stephen King, An Awesome Suspense Novel from the Horror Master

Everybody knows Stephen King's name. That name is equated with contemporary horror genre and riveting, scary stories. King's newest 2011 novel, 11/22/63 is, however, not a horror fiction but a suspense thriller novel - which is a pity, I love King's chilling ideas. However, tension makes up for the lack of gore and cold fear.



11/22/63 was a sad day in American history: it was the day when Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated John F. Kennedy.
A high school English teacher, Jake Epping (of Lisbon Falls, Maine, a familiar place for King's fans) gets a chance to change history: he can go back in time. No matter how long he stays "over there", in this world, it is only two minutes. He gets a new identity - George Amberson - and travels back in time to save Kennedy...

Stephen King is obviously a left-wing supporter (I have a particular liking for him for THIS). You have been warned.

11/22/63 is, like King's earlier books Dead Zone or Misery, rather a supernatural thriller than hardcore horror. On the other hand, 11/22/63 is all that we ever expected from King: A gripping story, awesome characters (some of them also already known ones from earlier books), and a long book of tension.