Introduction to Stephen King's 'The Shining'

I've never familiarized myself with a Steven King novel, though his name and the stories he's written have been mentioned a lot. He's pretty famous for the horror and suspense genre, and that'd definitely my type of writing style. From what I know about the book, it's set in the 1970's and circulates around the Torrance family. The family consists of Jack Torrance, the father, Danny Torrance, the son, and Winnifred (Wendy) Torrance, the wife. Jack, due to unfortunate events dealing with his alcoholic (and sober) rages, Jack has lost jobs in the past. When he recieves the chance to take on a job at the Overlook Hotel, he accepts and moves him and his family to the hotel. However, Danny seems to have reportedly psychic powers, in which he can see things that his family cannot, and can even read their thoughts. The visions are not pretty, and can be from anything nice to something horrible, such as murder, and right now, the word 'REDRUM' is stuck in his head. I don't really know what to expect out of this book. I haven't really read many books or seen many movies related to psychic children, though it has been a common concept for years. I know that something is going to happen in that hotel. Whether that these images in Danny's head become a reality, or if he begins to see harmful poltergiests of some sort. Besides Danny, Jack seems to be having some sort of mental breakdown as well, and it seems to me that he's going to suffer a lot at this hotel as well. Whether this because of the temptation of his alcoholic beverage, I don't know. I've got pretty high standards for this book, and I surely hope it doesn't disappoint.