The Shining
the classic novel from the ultimate storyteller
$26.10
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2011
Summary
The Overlook Hotel: A Shining Nightmare
Danny is only five years old, but he’s a “shiner,” gifted with psychic abilities. When his father takes a job as caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny’s visions intensify.
As winter isolates them, the hotel awakens with a sinister presence. It’s supposed to be empty, but who is the woman in Room 217? Who are the masked figures riding the elevator? And why do the hedge animals seem so alive?
A malevolent force lurks within the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444720723 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444720724 |
| Series: | The Shining |
| Author: | Stephen King |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 192mm x 126mm x 42mm |
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Obviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a hundred years - Peter Straub
As a storyteller, he is up there in the Dickens class - The TimesObviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a hundred years - Peter StraubAbout The Author
Stephen King
Stephen King has been described by the Guardian as ‘one of the greatest storytellers of our time’, by the Mirror as a ‘genius’ and by The Sunday Times as ‘one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.’ In 2003, he was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA.
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