Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
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, as they journey into a world in which old horrors come to life to destroy the living.
Review Quotes: "A master storyteller." --Los Angeles Times
"Scary! . . . Serves up horrors at a brisk, unflagging pace."
--The New York Times "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 "This chilling novel will haunt you, and make your blood run cold and your heart race with fear."
--Nashville Banner "Peerless imagination."
--The Observer (London)
