given unexpected shadings of frustrated humanity. It's a surprising touch from King, who has never been known for writing subtle bad guys. Like the author's last several novels (Under the Dome, Duma Key), 11/22/63 succeeds mostly because of its masterly structure and plot. After a leisurely early section in which Jake tests the consequences of time travel (and King weaves in an odd extended cameo by a pair of characters from his 1986 blockbuster It), the story swings back and forth between Jake's life with Sadie and Jake's life with Oswald. Each half of the narrative adds tension to the other, because we know the two must inevitably meet. As Jake hurtles toward his date with Dealey
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