The Shining

Hardcover, 447 pages

English language

Published April 2, 1990 by Doubleday.

ISBN:
978-0-385-12167-5
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Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing a play. Evil forces residing in the Overlook – which has a long and violent history – covet young Danny for his precognitive powers and exploit Jack’s weaknesses to try to claim the boy. ([source][1])

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One of Stephen King's actually good books

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Content warning Very minor spoilers of foreshadowing elements early on in the book

Subjects

  • Hotelkeepers -- Fiction
  • Family -- Fiction