{"product_id":"the-shining","title":"The Shining","description":"                                            Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine . . . .\u003cbr\u003eObviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a hundred years - Peter Straub\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a storyteller, he is up there in the Dickens class - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a hundred years - Peter Straub\u003cbr\u003eStephen King has been described by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eas 'one of the greatest storytellers of our time', by the \u003ci\u003eMirror \u003c\/i\u003eas a 'genius' and by \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eas '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.\r\n                                        ","brand":"The Shining","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42283471896767,"sku":"9781444720723","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/yH2OdX0yUpQsNEqz7gp3PLJpn0FP2YJpSDwpdUSkMZtyqA_60_60.jpg?v=1679027473","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/the-shining","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}