I love the book, and I think this could be a great adaptation. I've gotta stress adaptation though, I just can't see how they'd be able to include things such as 13 year old homosexual experimentation, underage cross dressing near rape episodes, crooked boners and teen sex. But that's okay, The Shining was a great movie despite not being faithful to the great book it was based on. I only hope that my lofty expectations don't ruin what is otherwise a great movie.
Read the book though, it is one of the funniest things on earth.