The Shining - Tapa blanda

"A master storyteller." --Los Angeles Times

"Scary! . . . Serves up horrors at a brisk, unflagging pace." --The New York Times

"This chilling novel will haunt you, and make your blood run cold and your heart race with fear." --Nashville Banner

"Guaranteed to frighten you into fits. . . . with a climax that is literally explosive." --Cosmopolitan

"The most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet." --USA Today

"An undisputed master of suspense and terror." --The Washington Post

"[King] probably knows more about scary goings-on in confined, isolated places than anybody since Edgar Allan Poe." --Entertainment Weekly

"He's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." --The Boston Globe

"Peerless imagination." --The Observer (London)

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.