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The title poem ‘Formica’ is subtle yet so rich with imagery that it brings to mind a compressed Alice Munro story
The “diabolically clever
the children begin to show up in the subtropical town of San Cristóbal
and islands where you could make a home
a demand for equity and a catalyst for change
The Shining Franzen Jonathan The title poem ‘Formica’ isDanny 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. As 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
