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The shining / Stephen King.
Jack Torrance sees his stint as winter caretaker of a Colorado hotel as a way back from failure, his wife sees it as a chance to preserve their family, and their five-year-old son sees the evil waiting just for them.
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- ISBN: 9780345806789 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 659, 13 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Anchor Books trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, [2013]
- Copyright: ©1977
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| Subject: | Hotelkeepers > Fiction. Families > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. |
- Baker & Taylor
Jack Torrance sees his stint as winter caretaker of a Colorado hotel as a way back from failure, his wife sees it as a chance to preserve their family, and their five-year-old son sees the evil waiting just for them. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME ⢠In this masterpiece of modern American horror that inspired Stanley Kubrickâs classic film, Jack Torrance takes a job as the caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. As the brutal winter sets in, the hotelâs dark secrets begin to unravel.
âAn undisputed master of suspense and terror.â âThe Washington Post
Jack Torranceâs new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, heâll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
