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Foreword (All Work and No Play)

Thomas Huff

First published March 2022
Type Essay

An examination of Jack Torrance's previously unpublished novel All Work and No Play that dives deep into his inspirations, motivations, and general mental state; it examines many hypotheses of Torrance's thinking as he composed it: its context, the subtext, what he intended it to be, what it's about, and where its core themes and ideas may have come from.

This essay treats the fictional character of Jack Torrance as a real person, and the event's of Stephen King's The Shining as nonfiction.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 2022 Cover All Work and No Play: The Misunderstood Masterpiece of Jack Torrance Horrific Books Novel i