The Shining#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll 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. |
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User Review - shawndotbailey - LibraryThingAwesome characterization. Creepy hotel. And bonus points for making a playground and hedge trimmings menacing. Seriously, how many people could have made hedge trimmings scary? Read full review
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User Review - usuallee - LibraryThingHaving only read a handful of Stephen King novels I've embarked on a journey to read my fellow Mainer's books in more-or-less chronological order (Still need to go back and read Carrie). Wavering ... Read full review
Contents
Night Thoughts | |
In Another Bedroom | |
Hallorann | |
The Grand Tour | |
The Front Porch | |
The Verdict | |
The Snowmobile | |
The Lobby | |
The Ballroom | |
Florida | |
On the Stairs | |
Daylight | |
Conversations At the Party | |
Up On the Roof | |
Down in the Front Yard | |
The Doctors | |
The Scrapbook | |
Outside 217 | |
Night Thoughts | |
In the Truck | |
Snow | |
Catatonic | |
Kitchen Talk | |
Stapleton Airport Denver | |
Danny | |
Redrum | |
Wendy and Jack | |
Tony | |
The Explosion | |
Epilogue Summer | |
Excerpt from Doctor Sleep | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Shining |
| Author | Stephen King |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0385528868, 9780385528863 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Ghost Fiction / Horror Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural |
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