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The Shining

By Stephen King

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780743424424

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The Overlook Hotel is more than just a home-away-from-home for the Torrance family. For Jack, Wendy, and their young son, Danny, it is a place where past horrors come to life. And where those gifted with the shining do battle with the darkest evils. Stephen King's classic thriller is one of the mContinue

The Overlook Hotel is more than just a home-away-from-home for the Torrance family. For Jack, Wendy, and their young son, Danny, it is a place where past horrors come to life. And where those gifted with the shining do battle with the darkest evils. Stephen King's classic thriller is one of the most powerfully imagined novels of our time.

The Shining

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    One of the scariest book from the King, by far. However I couldn't help thinking of the Kubrick movie, the terrifying Jack Nicholson, the differences between the book and the movie. Given that Ive seen the movie countless times I'm not sure I can make an objective comment on this book. I know I defi ... (continue)

    One of the scariest book from the King, by far. However I couldn't help thinking of the Kubrick movie, the terrifying Jack Nicholson, the differences between the book and the movie. Given that Ive seen the movie countless times I'm not sure I can make an objective comment on this book. I know I definitively loved it though.

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    Dylaniata said on Nov 22, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    Probably the best of Stephen King

    which means that no more introduction will be necessary!

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    larukucafe said on Aug 14, 2006 | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    What of the penetrating cold terror of an old hotel, a haunted place of seductive evil with a malevolent will of its own - and a five-year-old boy of innocent beauty whose mind mirrors the nightmarish secrets of its past?

    Behind every door of the Overlook's 110 empty rooms there is a chamber of hor ... (continue)

    What of the penetrating cold terror of an old hotel, a haunted place of seductive evil with a malevolent will of its own - and a five-year-old boy of innocent beauty whose mind mirrors the nightmarish secrets of its past?

    Behind every door of the Overlook's 110 empty rooms there is a chamber of horror. Little Danny knows of these things because he has a horrible power...

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    meganzing said on Dec 25, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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