num_pages: 538
description: Danny was only five years old but in the words of old Mr Halloran he was a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father became caretaker of the Overlook Hotel his visions grew frighteningly out of control.As winter closed in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seemed to develop a life of its own. It was meant to be empty, but who was the lady in Room 217, and who were the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why did the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?Somewhere, somehow there was an evil force in the hotel - and that too had begun to shine...
language: English
title: The Shining
titlecomplete: The Shining (The Shining, #1)
characters: Horace Derwent, Wendy Torrance, Danny Torrance, Jack Torrance, Dick Halloran, Delberg Grady
genres: Classics, Paranormal, Fantasy, Mystery, Adult, Suspense, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 1425281
places: Colorado, The United States of America
series: The Shining
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Gandalf Award
publisher: Hodder