Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing a play. Evil forces residing in the Overlook--which has a long and violent history--covet young Danny for his precognitive powers and exploit Jack's weaknesses to try to claim the boy.

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., NY, in 1977" --title page verso. Includes an excerpt from Doctor Sleep.